Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 101)
Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 101), article 22B
22B. Any person who acts in contravention of a court order
mentioned in article 22A shall be guilty of an offence and shal l on
conviction be liable to a fine ( multa ) not exceeding eleven thousand
and six hundred and forty-six euro and eighty-seven cents
(11,646.87), or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding twel ve
months, or to both such fine and imprisonment, and the court ma y
order the person so found guilty to deposit in a bank to the cr edit of
the accused the amount of moneys or the value of other movable
property paid or delivered in contravention of that court order . Any
transfer or other disposal of any immovable property made in
contravention of the said court order shall be null and without
effect at law.
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Suspension Order.
Added by:
VI. 2000.4.
Cap. 31.
22B. bis (1) Where a person is charged as provided in article
22A(1) and such person is a person as is referred to in article 22(6)
or is a person in possession of a licence, permit or authority issued
to him by a competent authority in or in connection with the
exercise of any art, trade, ca lling or other occupation and the
offence is committed in a place licensed under this Ordinance,
under the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance or under any
other law, the Court may, without prejudice to any other order that
it may make under the provisions of this article, at the reques t of
the prosecution make an order, h ereinafter referred to as a
''suspension order'', suspendi ng such licence, permit or author ity.
(2) The suspension order shall remain in force for the whole
duration of the proceedin gs until fin al judgement.
(3) Any person who does any act for the doing of which a
licence, permit or authority is required under any law and such act
is done when that licence, permit or authority had been suspend ed
by virtue of a suspension order shall be deemed to have so acte d
without the required licence, permit or authority.
Special court pro-
ceedings.
Added by:
VIII. 1986.3.
Amended by:
VI.1994.13;
XXIV . 2014.89;
V .2021.67.
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