Section 47

the matters referred to in sections 7 and 16;

the prescription of forms and fees in connection with any matter under this Act;

the prescription of anything which is required to be, or which may be prescribed, under this Act.

The Minister may in such regulations or by separate regulations made under this Act provide that any act or omission in contravention of the provisions of any regulation or of the terms or conditions of any licence, permit or other authority issued under any regulation shall be an offence and may impose one or more of the following penalties for such offence, namely, fine, imprisonment and forfeiture:

Provided that no fine imposed by such regulations shall exceed

*twenty thousand ringgit and no penalty of imprisonment imposed shall exceed a term of *seven years.

All regulations made under this Act shall be published in the

Gazette and shall be laid as soon as practicable before the Dewan

Rakyat.

If a resolution of the Dewan Rakyat is passed within the next subsequent three months after any such regulation is laid before it annulling the regulation or any part thereof, the whole regulation or such part thereof as the case may be shall thenceforth be void but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

*NOTE—Previously “ten thousand ringgit” and “four years imprisonment”–see Dangerous Drugs

(Amendment) Act 1973 [Act A194].

Dangerous Drugs 65

Drug Enforcement Officers to be deemed public servants