Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“analyst” means an analyst appointed under this Act;
“appliance” includes the whole or any part of any utensil, machinery, instrument, apparatus, or article used, or intended for use, in or for the making, keeping, preparing, or supplying of any drug;
“drug” includes any substance, product or article intended to be used or capable, or purported or claimed to be capable, of being used on humans or any animal, whether internally or externally, for a medicinal purpose;
“importer” includes any person who, whether as owner, consignee, agent or broker, is in possession of, or in anywise entitled to the custody, or control, of the imported article;
“inspector” means any person appointed to be an inspector under section 3 of this Act;
“medicinal purpose” means any of the following purposes:
(a)
allevating, treating , curing or preventing a disease or a pathological condition or symptoms of a disease;
(b)
diagnosing a disease or ascertaining the existence, degree or extent of a physiological or pathological condition;
(c)
contraception;
(d)
inducing anaesthesia;
(e)
maintaining, modifying, preventing, restoring, or interfering with, the normal operation of a physiological function;
(f)
controlling body weight;
(g)
general maintainance or promotion of health or well-being;
“Minister” means the Minister charged with responsibility for medical and health services;
“officer” means any Medical Officer of Health of the Medical
Department of the Federal Government or of any State Government or of the Health Department of any Municipality, and includes the
Director General of Chemistry, Malaysia, all Senior Chemists and
Chemists of the Department of Chemistry and any person appointed to be an officer under section 3 of this Act;
“package” includes every means by which goods for carriage or for sale are cased, covered, enclosed, contained, or packed;
“sale” or “sell” includes barter and exchange and also includes offering or attempting to sell or causing or allowing to be sold or exposing for sale or receiving or sending or delivering for sale or having in possession for sale or having in possession any drug knowing that the same is likely to be sold or offered or exposed for sale.
APPOINTMENT OF ANALYSTS, OFFICERS AND INSPECTORS
AND THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES
Appointment of analysts, officers and inspectors