Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 · Updated to 26 Nov 2025 · Part VI · Ancillary and General Provisions
45. Power of Minister to exempt certain drugs and institutions from certain provisions of the Act
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Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for medical and health services;
Act, exempt from any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations made thereunder:
dangerous drugs in respect of which—
the Secretary General of the United Nations
Organization shall have communicated to the parties to the Single Convention under article 3 of the said
Single Convention
“Single Convention” means the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs signed at New York on 30 March 1961;
Convention a decision of the Commission; or
the Minister shall have decided that such dangerous drugs cannot give rise to the drug habit on account of the medicaments with which the said dangerous drugs are compounded; or
any hospital, infirmary, dispensary wholly or mainly maintained by a public authority out of public funds or such like institutions as he may approve from time to time.
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