2.
Medical, duly qualified practitioner, and presumably under clause 5 such person may, without offence, be in possession of morphine." Surely to be effective, these clauses should have provided that the Doctor should be practising in Hong Kong and that "the operators should be named in the prescription."
Under clause 5, any person having in their possession any preparation of morphine unless prescribed may (if the Attorney General grants his fiat under clause 6) be prosecuted and sentenced to a fine or imprisonment.
Under Clause 4, it is an offence to supply morphine or hypodermic syringes. But so carelessly is the Bill drawn that it is not made an offence to possess the latter.
The object of clause 5 is to catch people who are believed to be carrying on the trade of injection, though no evidence of infection is forthcoming to satisfy a Court. A person might be punished for having a spoonful of Chlorodyne, possibly for legitimate purposes.
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2.
Medical,
duly qualified practitioned, and presumably under
such person may
clause 5
any
without offence be in possession of morphine." Surely to be effective these clauses should have provided. that the Docton should be
practising in HongKong
one
and that
"the operators should be named, in the prescription,
in
5
Under blause & any person having
possession
any preparation of morphine unters prescribed may s
(if the Attorney general grants
under blause 6) be prosecuted
fiat
& sentenced to
to
fine
on-
Under Clause 4 it is an
it is an offence
supply morphine
Syringes. But so
imprisonment
a
hypodermic
carelessly is the
Bill drawn that it is brot made
an offence under
to possess the latter.
The object of
Circumstances
blause 5 is to
catch people who are beliend
to
Carry
on the trade
of injection
on is
though no evidence of infection forthcoming to satisfy
a
main
might
punished for having
of Chlosodyne
of
a Court.
withden this be
a
spoonful for
possibly portering
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