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1963. o. 15, «. Detik
First Schethule.
"authorized seller of poisons" means an authorized seller of poisons within the meaning of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance:
"cannabis" (except where used in the definition of "cannabis resin") means the flowering or fruiting tops of any plant of the genus cannabis from which the resin has not been ex- tracted, by whatever name they may be designated: "cannabis resin" means the separated resin, whether crude or
purified, obtained from any plant of the genus cannabis: "charge" means a complaint, information, charge or indictment; "Chief Pharmacist" means the person so appointed by the Governor and such other person as the Director may appoint in writing to carry out the duties of the Chief Pharmacist under this Ordinance;
“coca leaves" means the leaves of any plant of the genus of the erythroxylaceae from which cocaine can be extracted, either directly or by chemical transformation;
"Conventions" means the International Opium Convention signed at the Hague on the 23rd day of January 1912, the similar Convention signed at Geneva on the 19th day of February 1925, the International Convention for Limiting the Manu- facture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs signed at Geneva on the 13th day of July 1931, the Protocol on Narcotic Drugs signed at Lake Success, New York, on the 11th day of December 1946, the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs signed at New York on the 30th day of March 1961, and any convention or final protocol amending, supple- menting or in substitution for the same; "corresponding law" means a law stated in a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the government of any country outside Hong Kong to be a law providing for the control and regulation in that place of the manufacture, sale, use, export or import of dangerous drugs in accordance with the Con- ventions;
"dangerous drug" means any of the drugs or substances specified
in Part I of the First Schedule,
"Director" means the Director of Medical and Health Services, a deputy director of medical and health services or an assistant director of medical and health services;
"divan" means any place or premises opened, kept or used, whether on one occasion or more than one occasion, for the smoking. inhalation, ingestion or injection of a dangerous drug;
"diversion certificate" means a certificate issued by a competent authority in a country outside Hong Kong through which a dangerous drug passes in transit-
(a) authorizing the diversion of such drug to a country other than that specified in the export authorization relating to that drug as the country to which it was to be exported; (6) containing full particulars of such drug and the quantity authorized to be diverted and of the names and addresses of the person by whom the drug is to be diverted and the person to whom it is to be sent; and
(c) specifying the country from which the drug was originally
exported;
"ecgonine" means laevo-ecgonine and any derivatives of ecgonine
from which it may be recovered industrially;
"export" means to take or cause to be taken out of Hong Kong or any other country, as the case may be, by land, air or water; "export authorization" means an authorization issued by a com- petent authority in the country outside Hong Kong from which a dangerous drug is to be exported-
(4) containing full particulars of such drug and the quantity authorized to be exported and of the names and addresses of the person by whom the drug is to be exported and the person to whom it is to be sent; and
(b) specifying the country to which, and the period within
which, it is to be exported:
"Government Chemist" means the person so appointed by the Governor and also means such other person as the Director may appoint in writing to carry out the duties of the Govern- ment Chemist under this Ordinance;
"import" means to bring or cause to be brought into Hong Kong or any other country, as the case may be, by land, air or water, “inject" or "injection" means injection into any person by a
hypodermic syringe or any other method;
"in transit" means imported into Hong Kong for the sole purpose of being exported from Hong Kong to another country; "manufacture", in relation to a dangerous drug, includes carrying on any process in the manufacture of the dangerous drug; "matron" includes any person performing the duties of a matroo and any person, whatever the title of the office which he holds. performing duties of the kind performed by a matron; "medicinal opium" means raw opium which has undergone the processes necessary to adapt it for medicinal use in accordance