Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977
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Regulations to prevent misuse of controlled drugs. |
5.—(1) For the purpose of preventing the misuse of controlled drugs, the Minister may make regulations— | |
(a) prohibiting absolutely, or permitting subject to such conditions or exceptions as may be specified in the regulations, or subject to any licence, permit or other form of authority as may be so specified— | ||
(i) the manufacture, production or preparation of controlled drugs, | ||
(ii) the importation or exportation of controlled drugs, | ||
(iii) the supply, the offering to supply or the distribution of controlled drugs, | ||
(iv) the transportation of controlled drugs, | ||
(b) requiring prescribed documents to be used in a prescribed manner in relation to prescribed transactions concerning controlled drugs and requiring copies of such documents to be furnished to prescribed persons, or to persons of a prescribed class or description, | ||
(c) requiring prescribed precautions to be taken for the purpose of ensuring the safe custody of controlled drugs, | ||
(d) requiring prescribed records to be kept in relation to controlled drugs and regulations under this section may specify the manner in which the records are to be kept and maintained and such regulations may also provide for the furnishing of information relating to such records in such circumstances and in such manner as may be prescribed, | ||
(e) providing for the inspection by prescribed persons of precautions taken or records kept in pursuance of regulations under this section, | ||
(f) regulating the issue by registered medical practitioners, registered dentists or registered veterinary surgeons of prescriptions for controlled drugs and the supply of controlled drugs on prescription, | ||
(g) requiring persons dispensing prescriptions for controlled drugs to furnish to the Minister such information relating to those prescriptions as may be prescribed, | ||
(h) regulating or controlling the packaging and labelling of controlled drugs and such regulations may in particular require prescribed particulars relating to controlled drugs or a prescribed statement (including a warning or caution) relating to such drugs to be printed either on the outside of any packet or container used in the sale, supply or distribution of controlled drugs or on a label attached to such packet or container, | ||
(i) requiring that any controlled drugs which, because of their condition or for any other reason, are not intended to be used shall be destroyed or disposed of in a prescribed manner, | ||
(j) requiring any manufacturer, manufacturer's agent or wholesaler who wishes to withdraw a controlled drug from public sale to give six months notice of such proposed withdrawal unless the Minister is satisfied that it is in the public interest that such controlled drug should be withdrawn at such shorter notice as the Minister may determine. | ||
(2) Subject to section 13 of this Act, the Minister shall exercise his power to make regulations under this section so as to secure that it is not unlawful under this Act for— | ||
(a) a practitioner, for the purpose of his profession, to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug, | ||
(b) a pharmacist, for the purpose of his profession or business, to import, export, transport, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug, | ||
provided that nothing in this subsection shall be construed as enabling the Minister to make regulations under this Act authorising a registered druggist to keep open shop for the compounding or dispensing of medical prescriptions. |