TNAG-0820-FCO40-1027-Narcotics-problem-in-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 386

A BILL

ANNEX TO XCC(78)39

то

Amend the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the

advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

Short title.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dangerous

Drugs (Amendment) Ordinance 1978.

Amendment of section 2. (Cap. 134.)

Amendment of section 14.

2.

Section 2(1) of the principal Ordinance is

amended

(a) by deleting the definition of "cannabis"

and substituting the following

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"cannabis" means any plant, or any

part of any plant, of the genus

cannabis which contains

tetrahydrocannabinol and the

viable seeds of any plant of the

genus cannabis;";

(b) by deleting the definition of "cannabis resin".

3.

Section 14(1) of the principal Ordinance is

amended