Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 · Updated to 15 Jul 2016 · Part II · Powers of Preventive Detention
23. Subsidiary legislation made, and directions given, under the Ordinance to have effect under this Act
Feedback & supportAll rules and regulations made, and directions given, under the Ordinance and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been made or given under this Act by the appropriate authority having power to make or give them under this
Ordinance
“Ordinance” means the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969;
Act (regardless whether the power under this Act is expressed as a power to make rules or a power to make regulations on the subject concerned), and shall, accordingly, have effect for the purposes of this
Act with all such modifications as may be necessary to have them accord with the provisions of this Act, until such time as they are replaced by rules, regulations or directions made or given under this
Act by the appropriate authority having power to make or give them under this Act.
In applying subsection (1), the provisions of—
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the proviso to subsection 4(3);
the first proviso to subsection 5(3); and
subsection 13G(3), of the Ordinance shall also apply mutatis mutandis in relation to this
Act in the same manner as they apply in relation to the Ordinance.