Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 · Updated to 26 Nov 2025 · Part V · Control of External Trade
18. Interpretation
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“Convention” means the Single Convention;
Single Convention
“Single Convention” means the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs signed at New York on 30 March 1961;
“diversion certificate” means a certificate issued by the competent authority of a country through which a dangerous drug passes in transit, authorizing the diversion of such drug to a country other than that specified as the country of ultimate destination in the export authorization, and containing all the particulars required to be included in an export authorization, together with the name of the country from which the consignment was originally exported;
dangerous drug
“dangerous drug” means any drug or substance which is for the time being comprised in the First Schedule;
“export authorization” means an authorization issued by a competent authority in a country from which a dangerous drug is exported;
export
“export”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, in relation to Malaysia, means to take or cause to be taken out of Malaysia by land, air or water, otherwise than in transit; Dangerous Drugs 9
“import authorization” means a licence, issued by a competent authority in a country into which it is intended to import dangerous drugs.
import
“import”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, in relation to Malaysia, means to bring, or to cause to be brought into Malaysia by land, air or water, otherwise than in transit;