Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 101), article 9

9. (1) For the purpose of preventing the improper use of the drugs to which this Part of this Ordinance applies, the Ministe r responsible for public health may make rules for controlling th e manufacture, sale, possession and distribution of those drugs, and in particular, but without pre judice to the generality of the foregoing power, for - (a) prohibiting the manufacture of any drug to which this Part of this Ordinance applies except on premises licensed for the purpose and subject to any conditions specified in the licence; and (b) prohibiting the manufacture, sale or distribution of any such drug except by perso ns licensed or otherwise authorized under the rules and subject to any conditions specified in the licence or authority; and (c) regulating the issue by medical practitioners of prescriptions containing any such drug and the dispensing of any such prescriptions; and (d) requiring persons engaged in the manufacture, sale or distribution of any such drug to keep such books and furnish such information either in writing or otherwise as may be pres cribed; and (e) controlling or restricting the possession of or dealing in any such drug while in transit through Malta. Cap. 31. (2) The rules under this article shall provide for authorizing any person who lawfully keeps open a shop for the retailing of poisons in accordance with the provisions of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance - (a) to manufacture at the shop in the ordinary course of his retail business any prepara tion, admixture, or extract of any drug to which this Part of this Ordinance applies; or (b) to carry on at the shop the business of retailing, 6 CAP. 101.] DANGEROUS DRUGS dispensing or compounding any such drug, Cap. 37. subject to the power of the Minister responsible for public hea lth to withdraw the authorization in the case of a person who has been convicted of an offence against this Ordinance or of an offence under the Customs Ordinance as applied by this Ordinance, and who cannot, in the opinion of the Minister responsible for publ ic health properly be allowed to carry on the business of manufacturing or selling or distributing, as the case may be, a ny such drug. (3) Nothing in any rules made und er this article shall be taken- Cap. 31. (a) to authorize the sale, or the keeping of an open shop for the retailing, dispensing or compounding, of poisons by any person who is not qualified in that behalf under, or otherwise than in accordance with, the provisions of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance ; Cap. 31. (b) to be in derogation of the provisions of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance , for prohibiting, restricting or regulating the sale of poisons. Drugs to which Part IV applies. Amended by: L.N. 4 of 1963; XI. 1977.2; XXIII.1980.7; XLIX. 1981.6; VI.1994.3.