Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 101), article 11

11. (1) It shall not be lawful for any person to trade in or manufacture for the purpose of trade any products obtained from any of the phenanthrene alkaloids of opium or from the ecgonine alkaloids of the coca leaf, not being a product which was on th e l3th July, 1931, being used for m edical or scientific purposes: Provided that if the Minister responsible for public health is at any time satisfied as respects any such products that it is of medical or scientific value, he may by order direct that this s ub- article shall cease to a pply to that product. (2) If any person acts in contravention of sub-article (1), he shall be guilty of an offen ce against this Ordinance. (3) If it is made to appear to the Minister responsible for publ ic health that a decision with respect to any such product as is mentioned in sub-article (1) has been communicated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organisation to the par ties to the Single Convention, the Minister responsible for public health, by order, may, as the cas e requires, either declare tha t the provisions of this Part of this Ordinance shall apply to that p roduct in the same manner as they apply to the drugs mentioned in arti cle 10(1) or apply the said part to that product with such modifica tion as may be specifie d in the order. (4) The Minister responsible for public health may, by order, apply this Part of this Ordinance with such modifications as ma y be specified in the order, to any of the following drugs, that is to say methylmorphine (commonly known as codeine), ethylmorphine (commonly known as dionin) and their respective salts. PART V CONTROL OF EXTERNAL TRADE Interpretation of Part V . Amended by: XXIII. 1980.8; LXVI.2021.25.