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"medicinal opium" means raw opium which has undergone the processes necessary to adapt it for medicinal use in accordance with the requirements of the British Pharmacopoeia, whether it is in the form of powder or is granulated or is in any other form, and whether or not it is mixed with neutral substances;
"opium" includes raw opium, prepared opium, opium dross and every substance (other than medicinal opium) containing any proportion of raw opium, prepared opium or opium dross;
"opium dross" means any residue remaining after opium has been smoked; "opium poppy" means a plant of the species Papaver somniferum L or the species Papaver setigerum D.C. and any plant from which morphine may be produced;
"opium water" means an aqueous extract of opium; (Added, 46 of 1971, s. 2) "owner", in relation to any premises, includes any person holding premises direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence or otherwise, any mortgagee in possession and any person receiving the rent of any premises, solely or with another and on his own behalf or that of any person, or who would receive the same if such premises were let to a tenant, and, where such owner as above defined cannot be found or ascertained or is absent from Hong Kong or is under disability, also includes the agent of such owner; (Amended, 46 of 1971, s. 2)
"place" means any ship, aircraft, vehicle, building, structure or enclosure, whether movable or not, and any spot on land or water;
"poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy after mowing; [cf. U.K. 1965 c. 15, s. 24(1)]
"preparation" means a preparation, mixture, extract or other substance containing any proportion of a dangerous drug specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 7 of Part I of the First Schedule; (Amended, 46 of 1971, s. 2)
"prepared opium" includes any preparation of opium, and any substance of which opium forms an ingredient, which is used or intended to be used, or is capable of being used, for smoking, inhaling, ingestion or injection; "prescribed hospital" means a hospital maintained by the Crown and a hospital or institution specified in the Second Schedule;
"prescription" means a prescription for a single individual given by a registered medical practitioner for the purposes of medical treatment, by a registered dentist for the purposes of dental treatment or by an approved veterinary surgeon for the purposes of animal treatment; [cf. U.K. S.I. 1964/1811, reg. 32(1)]
"raw opium" means any kind of opium not prepared for smoking, inhaling, ingestion or injection and also means the leaves or wrappings in which raw opium has been wrapped, but does not include opium dross;
"registered dentist" means--
(a) a dentist registered under the Dentists Registration Ordinance (Cap. 156) by reason of his holding the qualifications specified in section 8(1)(a), (b), (ba) or (c) of that Ordinance; or
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"medicinal opium" means raw opium which has undergone the processes necessary to adapt it for medicinal use in accordance with the requirements of the British Pharmacopoeia, whether it is in the form of powder or is granulated or is in any other form, and whether or not it is mixed with neutral substances;
"opium" includes raw opium, prepared opium, opium dross and every sub- stance (other than medicinal opium) containing any proportion of raw opium, prepared opium or opium dross;
"opium dross" means any residue remaining after opium has been smoked; "opium poppy" means a plant of the species Papaver somniferum L or the species Papaver setigerum D.C. and any plant from which morphine may be produced;
"opium water" means an aqueous extract of opium; (Added, 46 of 1971, s. 2) "owner", in relation to any premises, includes any person holding premises direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence or otherwise, any mortgagee in possession and any person receiving the rent of any premises, solely or with another and on his own behalf or that of any person, or who would receive the same if such premises were let to a tenant, and, where such owner as above defined cannot be found or ascertained or is absent from Hong Kong or is under disability, also includes the agent of such owner; (Amended, 46 of 1971, s. 2)
"place" means any ship, aircraft, vehicle, building, structure or enclosure,
whether movable or not, and any spot on land or water;
"poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy after
mowing; [cf. U.K. 1965 c. 15, s. 24(1)]
"preparation" means a preparation, mixture, extract or other substance con- taining any proportion of a dangerous drug specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 7 of Part I of the First Schedule; (Amended, 46 of 1971, s. 2)
“prepared opium" includes any preparation of opium, and any substance of which opium forms an ingredient, which is used or intended to be used, or is capable of being used, for smoking, inhaling, ingestion or injection; "prescribed hospital" means a hospital maintained by the Crown and a hospital
or institution specified in the Second Schedule;
"prescription" means a prescription for a single individual given by a registered medical practitioner for the purposes of medical treatment, by a registered dentist for the purposes of dental treatment or by an approved veterinary surgeon for the purposes of animal treatment; [cf. U.K. S.I. 1964/1811, reg. 32(1)]
"raw opium" means any kind of opium not prepared for smoking, inhaling, ingestion or injection and also means the leaves or wrappings in which raw opium has been wrapped, but does not include opium dross;
"registered dentist" means--
(a) a dentist registered under the Dentists Registration Ordinance (Cap. 156) by reason of his holding the qualifications specified in section 8(1)(a), (b), (ba) or (c) of that Ordinance; or
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