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Section 45

of Dangerous Drugs Act 1952

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Section 45

The Minister may, by order or by regulations made under this

Act, exempt from any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations made thereunder:

(a)

dangerous drugs in respect of which—

(i)

the Secretary General of the United Nations

Organization shall have communicated to the parties to the Single Convention under article 3 of the said

Convention a decision of the Commission; or

(ii)

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

(b)

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.

Dangerous Drugs 63

Power of the Minister to vary First Schedule