Cap. 537 Art. 11Persons providing assistance to a person suffering from a drug overdose.

(1) Any person who provides assistance to another person suffering from a drug overdose by taking such person to a hospital or to a place where he can receive appropriate medical care or who seeks the assistance of the competent authorities for such a purpose shall, without prejudice to his liability for any other offence, not be liable to be prosecuted for having shared or consumed a prohibited drug in a quantity for personal use with the person suffering from the said overdose.

(2) Where the person providing assistance in accordance with sub-article (1) shall be liable to prosecution for any other offence directly connected with the overdose of the assisted person the punishment to which such person shall be liable on conviction shall be reduced by one degree.