Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985

This Act may be cited as the Dangerous Drugs (Special

This Act shall come into operation on such date as may be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

(Deleted by Act A1510).

(Deleted by Act A1510).

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Advisory Board” means an Advisory Board constituted under

Clause (2) of Article 151 of the Constitution for the purposes of that

Article;

“Chief Police Officer” means any police officer vested by the

Inspector General with control of the Royal Malaysia Police in respect of any area or State and any senior police officer for the time being lawfully authorized to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon a Chief Police Officer by this Act and shall in the case of Sabah and Sarawak include a Commissioner of Police;

“dangerous drug” has the same meanings as is assigned to it under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 [Act 234];

“Inspector General” means the Inspector General appointed under section 5 of the Police Act 1967 [Act 344];

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for internal security;

“Officer in Charge of the Police District” has the meaning given to the expression “Officer in charge of a Police District” by the Criminal

Procedure Code [Act 593];

“Ordinance” means the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of

Crime) Ordinance 1969 [Ord. 5 of 1969, P.U. (A) 187/1969];

“police officer” means any member of the Royal Malaysia Police;

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*NOTE—See section 7 of the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) (Amendment) Act 2016

[Act A1510] which come into operation on 15 July 2016.

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“trafficking” has the same meaning as is assigned to it under the

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.