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(6) Where a dangerous drug is supplied to a member of the

crew of a ship-

(i) an entry in the official log book; or

(ii) in the case of a ship which is not required under the Merchant Shipping Acts or by virtue of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance to carry an official log book, a report signed by the master of the ship.

shall notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance be a sufficient record of the supply, if the entry or report specifies the dangerous drug supplied and, in the case of such a report, it is delivered as soon as practicable to the superintendent of a mercantile marine office.

(c) Every dangerous drug in the possession of the master of a ship by virtue of this section shall, except where the necessity of supplying it to a member of the crew other- wise requires, be kept in a locked receptacle, which can be opened only by the master or by an officer authorized by the master.

(d) In this section-

"mercantile marine office" means a mercantile marine office established and maintained under the Mer- chant Shipping Acts or the mercantile marine office appointed under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance; "official log book" means the official log book required to be kept under the Merchant Shipping Acts or by virtue of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance.

(2) (a) The master of a foreign ship which is in Hong Kong is hereby authorized to procure such quantity of dan- gerous drugs as may be certified by a public officer appointed for the purposes of this subsection by the Director to be necessary for the equipment of the ship until it reaches its home port.

(b) A person who supplies a dangerous drug in accordance with a certificate given under paragraph (a) shall retain the certificate and mark it with the date on which the dangerous drug was supplied and keep it on his premises so as to be at all times available for inspection.

(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (c) of subsection (1) or paragraph (b) of subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.

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29. For the purposes of this Ordinance, but subject in each case to the provisions of this Ordinance and to any condition to which a licence issued thereunder is subject-

(4) a person authorized by or licensed under this Ordinance to manufacture a dangerous drug is hereby authorized to supply that drug; and

(b) a person authorized by or licensed under this Ordinance to supply a dangerous drug is hereby authorized to have that drug in his possession and to procure that drug.

30. (1) A dangerous drug shall not be supplied for use in a prescribed hospital or in a health centre or clinic maintained by the Crown except on the written order of the registered pharmacist in charge of the dispensary attached to the hospital, health centre or clinic or of the medical officer in charge of the hospital, health centre or clinic.

(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.

31. (1) A person shall not supply dangerous drug on a prescription-

(a) unless the prescription complies with the provisions of

this Ordinance relating to prescriptions;

(b) unless he is either acquainted with the signature of the person by whom it purports to be given and has no reason to suppose that it is not genuine or has taken reasonable steps to satisfy himself that it is genuine;

(c) before the date specified in the prescription.

(2) If a prescription prescribing a dangerous drug expressly states that it may, subject to the lapse of an interval or intervals specified in the prescription, be dispensed a second or third time. the drug thereby prescribed may, as the case may be, be supplied a second or third time after the specified interval or intervals but no more, but save as aforesaid a prescription shall not for the purposes of this Ordinance be taken as enabling the dangerous drug to be supplied more than once.

(3) A person dispensing a prescription prescribing А dangerous drug shall--

(a) at the time of dispensing the prescription, mark thereon the date on which it is dispensed and, in the case of a prescription which may be dispensed a second or third time, the date of each occasion on which it is dispensed: and

Further statutory authorization of persons authorized or licensed to manufacture or supply dangerous drug.

5.1. 1964) 181, rem, 29.

Supply of dangerous hospitals, etc. drugs to

Supply of dangerous drug on prescription.

$.1. 1964/1981. reg. 15.