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Forged or fraudulently altered prescriptions or authorisations.
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8.—(1) In this section “a specified document” means a prescription or authorisation given by a registered medical practitioner for the purposes of this Act.
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(2) A person shall not forge a document purporting to be a specified document.
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(3) A person shall not with intent to deceive either alter or use a specified document.
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(4) A person shall not have in his possession a forged document purporting to be a specified document, or a specified document which has been altered with intent to deceive.
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(5) The Minister may by regulations declare that in circumstances specified in the regulations subsection (4) of this section shall not apply to persons who are of a specified class or description and, for so long as regulations under this section are in force, the said subsection (4) shall be construed in accordance with and have effect subject to the regulations.
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(6) A person who contravenes this section, or regulations for the purposes of this section, shall be guilty of an offence.
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