Cap. 101 Art. 11Prohibition of trade, etc., in new drugs, and power to apply Part IV with or without modifications, to certain drugs.

(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to trade in or manufacture for the purpose of trade any products obtained from any of the phenanthrene alkaloids of opium or from the ecgonine alkaloids of the coca leaf, not being a product which was on the l3th July, 1931, being used for medical or scientific purposes:

Provided that if the Minister responsible for public health is at any time satisfied as respects any such products that it is of medical or scientific value, he may by order direct that this sub-

article shall cease to apply to that product.

(2) If any person acts in contravention of sub-article (1), he shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.

(3) If it is made to appear to the Minister responsible for public health that a decision with respect to any such product as is mentioned in sub-article (1) has been communicated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organisation to the parties to the Single Convention, the Minister responsible for public health, by order, may, as the case requires, either declare that the provisions of this Part of this Ordinance shall apply to that product in the same manner as they apply to the drugs mentioned in article 10(1) or apply the said part to that product with such modification as may be specified in the order.

(4) The Minister responsible for public health may, by order, apply this Part of this Ordinance with such modifications as may be specified in the order, to any of the following drugs, that is to say methylmorphine (commonly known as codeine), ethylmorphine (commonly known as dionin) and their respective salts.