Statutory authority to ingest or inject dangerous drug
Version Date:
30/06/1997
(1) A person who-
(a) ingests or injects into himself a dangerous drug-
(i) on the direction of a registered medical practitioner, for the purposes of medical treatment;
(ii) on the direction of a registered dentist, for the purposes of dental treatment; or
(iii) which is a specified dangerous drug, on the direction of a specified person, for the purposes of medical treatment; (Added 2 of 1992 s. 7)
(b) ingests a dangerous drug specified in Part III of the First Schedule which was lawfully supplied by an authorized seller of poisons; or
(c) ingests a preparation specified in Part IV of the First Schedule which was lawfully supplied by a person referred to in section 24(2),
shall not thereby contravene this Ordinance. (Amended 2 of 1992 s. 7)
(2) Where-
(a) a registered medical practitioner injects a dangerous drug into another person for the purposes of medical treatment;
(b) a registered dentist injects a dangerous drug into another person for the purposes of dental treatment; or
(c) a specified person injects a specified dangerous drug into another person for the purposes of medical treatment in a specified clinic,
he shall not thereby contravene this Ordinance. (Replaced 2 of 1992 s. 7)
(3) A person who-
(a) injects a dangerous drug into another person, for the purposes of medical treatment, on the direction of a registered medical practitioner;
(b) injects a dangerous drug into another person, for the purposes of dental treatment, on the direction and in the presence of a registered dentist; or
(c) injects a specified dangerous drug into another person, for the purposes of medical treatment in a specified clinic, on the direction and in the presence of a specified person,
shall not thereby contravene this Ordinance. (Replaced 2 of 1992 s. 7)