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1988 Ed.]

Dangerous Drugs

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(2) (a) The master of a foreign ship which is in Hong Kong is hereby authorized to procure such quantity of dangerous 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 subsection (1)(c) or (2)(b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000.

[cf. U.K. S.I. 1964/1811, reg. 13(1) and (2)]

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

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-

(a) a person authorized by or licensed under this Ordinance to manufac-

ture 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 posses- sion and to procure that drug.

Supply of dangerous drugs to hospitals, etc.

[cf. U.K. S.I. 1964[1811, reg. 29]

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 $10,000 and to imprison- ment for 12 months.

Supply of dangerous drug on prescription

31. (1) A person shall not supply a 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.

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