| To amend and consolidate the law relating to dangerous drugs. [17 January 1969] L.N. 6 of 1969 (Originally 41 of 1968) Cap 134 s 1 Short title PART I SHORT TITLE AND INTERPRETATION This Ordinance may be cited as the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance. Cap 134 s 2 Interpretation Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 13 of 1999 s. 3 (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "approved" (认可) means approved by the Director for the purposes of this Ordinance; "authorized seller of poisons" (获授权毒药销售商) means an authorized seller of poisons within the meaning of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Cap 138); "cannabis" (大麻) means any plant, or any part of any plant, of the genus cannabis which contains tetrahydro-cannabinol and the viable seeds of any plant of the genus cannabis; (Replaced 46 of 1978 s. 2) "cannabis resin" (大麻树脂) means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from any plant of the genus cannabis; (Added 62 of 1994 s. 2) "charge" (控诉) means a complaint, information, charge or indictment; "Chief Pharmacist" (总药剂师) means the person so appointed by the Chief Executive and such other person as the Director may appoint in writing to carry out the duties of the Chief Pharmacist under this Ordinance; (Amended 13 of 1999 s. 3) "coca leaves" (古柯叶) means the leaves of any plant of the genus of the erythroxylaceae from which cocaine can be extracted, either directly or by chemical transformation; "Conventions" (公约) means- (a)-(d) (Repealed 13 of 1999 s. 3) (e) the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs signed at New York on 30 March 1961; (f) the Convention on Psychotropic Substances signed at Vienna on 21 February 1971; (g) the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances signed at Vienna on 20 December 1988; (h) any Convention or Protocol specified in a notice under subsection (4) to be a Convention or Protocol for the purposes of this Ordinance; and (i) any convention or final protocol amending, supplementing or in substitution for any of the Conventions or Protocols referred to in paragraphs (e), (f), (g) and (h); (Replaced 89 of 1995 s. 34. Amended 13 of 1999 s. 3)"corresponding law" (相应法律) means a law stated in a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the government of any place outside Hong Kong to be a law providing for the control and regulation in that place of dangerous drugs in accordance with the Conventions; (Replaced 89 of 1995 s. 34) "dangerous drug" (危险药物) means any of the drugs or substances specified in Part I of the First Schedule; "Director" (署长) means the Director of Health, Deputy Director of Health or an assistant director of health; (Amended L.N. 76 of 1989) "divan" (烟窟) means any place or premises opened, kept or used, whether on one occasion or more than one occasion, for the smoking, inhalation, ingestion or injection of a dangerous drug; "diversion certificate" (转运证明书) means a certificate issued by a competent authority in a country outside Hong Kong through which a dangerous drug passes in transit- (a) authorizing the diversion of such drug to a country other than that specified in the export authorization relating to that drug as the country to which it was to be exported; (b) containing full particulars of such drug and the quantity authorized to be diverted and of the names and addresses of the person by whom the drug is to be diverted and the person to whom it is to be sent; and (c) specifying the country from which the drug was originally exported;"ecgonine" (芽子碱) means laevo-ecgonine and any derivatives of ecgonine from which it may be recovered industrially; "export" (出口) means to take or cause to be taken out of Hong Kong or any other country, as the case may be, by land, air or water; "export authorization" (出口授权书) means an authorization issued by a competent authority in the country outside Hong Kong from which a dangerous drug is to be exported- (a) containing full particulars of such drug and the quantity authorized to be exported and of the names and addresses of the person by whom the drug is to be exported and the person to whom it is to be sent; and (b) specifying the country to which, and the period within which, it is to be exported;"import" (进口) means to bring or cause to be brought into Hong Kong or any other country, as the case may be, by land, air or water; "in transit" (过境途中) means imported into Hong Kong for the sole purpose of being exported from Hong Kong to another country; "inject" or "injection" (注射) means injection into any person by a hypodermic syringe or any other method; "manufacture" (制造) means any act connected with making, adulterating, purifying, mixing, separating or otherwise treating a dangerous drug; (Replaced 40 of 1982 s. 2) "matron" (总护士长) includes any person performing the duties of a matron and any person, whatever the title of the office which he holds, performing duties of the kind performed by a matron; |
