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Forged or fraudulently altered prescriptions.
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18.—(1) A person shall not forge a document purporting to be a prescription issued by a practitioner (which document is in this Act referred to as a forged prescription).
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(2) A person shall not with intent to deceive either alter or use a prescription which has been duly issued by a practitioner (which document is in this Act referred to as a duly issued prescription).
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(3) A person shall not have in his possession either a forged prescription or a duly issued prescription which has been altered with intent to deceive.
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(4) The Minister may by regulations declare that in circumstances specified in the regulations subsection (3) of this section shall not apply in relation to persons who are of a prescribed class or description, and for so long as regulations under this subsection are in force the said subsection (3) shall be construed in accordance with and have effect subject to the regulations.
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(5) A person who contravenes a provision of this section shall be guilty of an offence.
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