SOCIETE DES NATIONS. C. 310.M II, Société. Genève, le 20 juillet TRAFIC IDE L OPIUM ET AUTRES DROGUES NUISIBLES.

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1 SOCIETE DES NATIONS. Communiqué au Conseil et aux Membres de la C. 310.M II, Société. Genève, le 20 juillet TRAFIC IDE L OPIUM ET AUTRES DROGUES NUISIBLES. Lois communiquées par le Gouvernement du Royaume-Uni. Note du Secrétaire général. Conformément à 1 article 21 de la Convention de 1931 pour limiter la fabrication et réglementer la distribution des stupéfiants, le Secrétaire général a 1 honneur de transmettre ci-joint, aux Etats parties à ladite Convention ainsi qu aux autres Etats les textes des Ordonnances et règlements suivants: PALESTINE : Ordonnance sur les drogues nuisibles, Mo visant le contrôle de la fabrication, de 1 importation, de l 'exportation et de la possession de certaines drogues nuisibles. Règlement relatif aux drogues nuisibles Règlement relatif aux drogues nuisibles 1936 (Codéine et Dionine) Règlement relatif aux drogues nuisibles 1936 (Méthylmcrphine et Ethylmorphine). LEAGUE 0F NATIONS. TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS. Laws communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom. Note by the Secretary-General. In accordance with Article 21 of the Convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs of 1931, the Secretary-General has the honour to communicate herewith to the Parties to the Convention end to the other States the text of the following Ordinances and Rules. PALESTINE : Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, No. 17 of 1936 to provide for the control of the manufacture, importation, exportation and Possession of certain dangerous drugs. Dangerous Drugs Rules Dangerous Drugs Dangerous Drugs Rules 1936 (Codeine and Dionin) Rules Methylmorphine and Ethylmorphine).

2 DAN GEROUS D RUG S ORDINANCE No. 17 of As O r d in a n c e t o p r o v i d e f o r t h e c o n t r o l o f t h e m a n u f a c t u r e, im p o r t a t io n, e x p o r t a t io n a n d p o s s e s s i o n o f c e r t a in d a n g e r o u s d r u g s. Bf. it e n a c t e d by the H igh Commissioner for Palestine, with the advice of the Advisory Council thereof : 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dangerous Drugs Short title. Ordinance, Tn this Ordinance and in the schedule hereto and in any rules Definitions, made hereunder : (a) Dangerous drugs means the substances specified in the schedule to this Ordinance and such other substances as may be notified as dangerous drugs from time to time by the High Commissioner by notice published in the Gazette. (b) Raw opium means the spontaneously coagulated juice obtained from the capsules of the Papaver somniferum L., which has only been submitted to the necessary manipulations for packing and transport, whatever its content of morphine. (c) Prepared opium means opium prepared for smoking and includes dross and any other residues remaining after opium has been smoked. (of) Medicinal opium means raw opium which has undergone the processes necessary to adapt it for medicinal use in accordance with the requirements of the British or French pharmacopoeia, whether in powder form or granulated or otherwise, or mixed with neutral materials. (e) Coca leaves means the leaves of any plant of the genus Erythroxvlum, from which it may be possible to extract cocaine either directly or by chemical transformation. (fl Indian hem p means the dried flowering or fruiting tops of the pistillate plant Cannabis sativa L., from which the resin has not been extracted, by whatever name such tops are called. (?) Ecgonine means laevo-ecgonine and includes any derivatives of ecgonine from which it may be recovered industrially.

3 2 (h) Import authorization means an authorization issued bv a competent authority authorizing the importation of a specified quantity of a dangerous drug, and containing full particulars of the drug together with the name and address of the person authorized to import the drug, the name and address of the person from whom the drug is to be obtained, and specifying the period within which the importation must be effected. (?) Export authorization means an authorization issued bv a competent authority in a country from which a dangerous drug is exported, containing full particulars of such drug, and the quantity authorized to be exported, together with the names and addresses of the exporter and the person to whom it is to be sent, and stating the country to which, and the period within which, it is to be exported. (j) Diversion certificate means a certificate issued by the competent authority of a country through which a dangerous drug passes in transit, authorizing the diversion of such drug to a country other than that specified as the country of ultimate destination in the export authorization, and containing all the particulars required to be included in an export authorization, together with the name of the country from which the consignment was originally exported. (k) Conveyance includes ship, motor vehicle, aircraft. train and any other means of transport by which goods may brought into or taken from Palestine. (I) In transit means taken or sent from any country and brought into Palestine by land, air, water (whether or not landed or transhipped in Palestine) for the sole purpose of being carried to another country either by the same or other conveyance..(m) E xport with its grammatical variations and cognate I expressions, in relation to Palestine, means to take or cause to be taken out of Palestine by land, air or water, otherwise than in transit. (n) Im port with its grammatical variations and cognate I expressions, in relation to Palestine, means to bring or cause to be brought into Palestine by land, air or water, otherwise than in transit. (o) Convention shall denote the International Opium Convention signed at Geneva on the nineteenth day of February (p) Convert or Conversion shall denote the transforma-1 tion of a drug by a chemical process with the exception of the transformation of alkaloids into their salts.

4 3 (q) M anufacture shall include any process of refining and the transformation of alkaloids into their salts. (r) Director means the Director of Medical Services or an officer authorized by him. (.«,-) M agistrate has the meaning defined by section 72 of the Trial Upon Information Ordinance, (t) Corresponding law means any law stated in a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the Government of any country outside Palestine to be a law providing for the control of the manufacture, sale, use, export and import of drugs in accordance with the provisions of the International Opium Convention signed at The Hague on the twenty-third day of January, 1912, and also of the International Opium Conventions signed at Geneva on the nineteenth day of February, and on the thirteenth day of July, 1931, respectively, and any state me : t in such certificate as to the effect of the law mentioned in the certificate, or any statement in any such certificate chat any facts constitute an offence against that law, shall be conclusive. 3. The power to grant import and export authorizations in respect of consignments of dangerous drugs which may lawfully be imported into or exported from Palestine, and to grant diversion certificates in respect of consignments of dangerous drugs in transit through Palestine which may lawfully be diverted to a destination other than that to which they were originally consigned, is hereby conferred on the Director of Medical Services. 4. Any person who exports or imports or facilitates the export or import of, or sells or otherwise supplies to any person any dangerous drugs shall be guilty of an offence under this ordinance : Provided that no person shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence who : Tomnetent authority for the grant of import and export authorizations, etc., in Palestine. Export, import and sale of dangerous drugs prohibited except under authority. (a) exports or imports or facilitates the export or import of any of the drugs mentioned in part II of the schedule to this Ordinance under a valid and subsisting export or import authorization and in accordance with the terms of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder, or (b) sells or otherwise supplies to any person any of the drugs mentioned in part I I of the schedule to this Ordinance in accordance with the terms of this Ordinance and the rules thereunder.

5 4 Conveying, diverting, removing or tampering with dangerous drugs in transit. 5. (1) Any person who conveys any dangerous drugs through Palestine in transit, shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance unless : (a) the drug is in course of transit from a country from which it may be lawfully exported to another country into which such drug may lawfully be imported; and (b) except where the drug comes from a country not a party to the Convention, it is accompanied by a valid and subsisting export authorization or diversion certificate, as the case may be. (2) No person shall, except under the authority of a diversion certificate, cause or procure any dangerous drug brought into Palestine in transit to be diverted to any destination other than that to which it was originally consigned. In the case of any drug in transit accompanied by an export authorization or a diversion certificate issued by a competent authority of some other country, the country to which the drug was originally consigned shall be deemed to be the country stated in such export authorization or diversion certificate to be the country of destination. (3) No person shall except under and in accordance with a removal permit issued by the Director of Customs, Excise and Trade : (a) remove any dangerous drug from the conveyance by which it is brought into Palestine in transit, or (b) in any way move any such drug in Palestine at any time after removal from such conveyance. In all cases it shall be in the absolute discretion of the Director of Customs, Excise and Trade to issue or refuse a removal permit as he shall deem fit. (4) No person shall subject any dangerous drug in transit to any process which would alter its nature, or wilfully open or break any package containing a dangerous drug in transit except upon the instructions of the Director and in such m anner as he ma; direct. (5).Where any consignment of dangerous drugs is carried in transit through Palestine, it shall be lawful for the Director of Customs, Excise and Trade or an officer authorized by him to require the production of the export authorization or diversion certificate relating to the consignment and to take such further action in respect of the consignment as may be prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance. (6 ) Nothing in this section contained shall be deemed to apply to any dangerous drug in transit by post or in transit by air if the

6 5 aircraft passes over Palestine without landing, or to such quantities of dangerous drugs as may, bona fide, reasonably form part of the medical stores of any ship or aircraft. 6. No person shall cultivate, manufacture or prepare any dangerous drugs mentioned in part I of the schedule, or manufacture, prepare or convert any drug obtained from any of the phenanthrene alkaloids of opium or from ecgonine alkaloids of the coca leaf. Preparation, manufacture and conversion of dangerous drugs prohibited. 7. (1) Except where the dangerous drug is lawfully in transit, no person shall be in possession of any dangerous drug mentioned in part I of the schedule, or trade in or be in possession of any dangerous drug mentioned in part I I of the schedule, unless such trade and possession is authorized in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance or any rules made thereunder. Trade in and possession of dangerous drugs prohibited save under licence. (2' A person shall be deemed to trade in or be in possession of a dangerous drug if it is in his actual custody or is held by any other person subject to his control or for him or on his behalf. 8. Any person who : - (a) aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of any offence under sections 4, 5, 6 or 7 of this Ordinance, or (b) in Palestine aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission in any place outside Palestine of any offence under the provisions of any corresponding law in force in that place, or does any act which, if committed in Palestine, would constitute an offence under sections 4, 5, 6 or 7 of this Ordinance, shall be punishable with a like penalty as if he himself had committed the offence. 9. Possession of the drugs mentioned in part I I of the schedule shall be deemed to be authorized for the purpose of this Ordinance if : (a) the possessor is a licensed pharmacist and the drugs are kept on his licensed premises; (b) the possessor is a licensed medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon authorized under any Ordinance concerning medical practitioners, dentists or veterinary surgeons to keep such drugs ; (c) the possessor proves that the drug in his possession was purchased by him from a licensed pharmacist and such sale was conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Public Health (Pharmacy) Ordinances, , or that the drug was obtained from a medical practitioner or veterinary surgeon allowed to dispense drugs or medicine in accordance with section 16 thereof ; Aiding and abetting offences in or out of Palestine. Authorized possession.

7 6 (d) it is authorized by any rule made under this Ordinance. Search warrants for premises in relation to suspected offence. Application of Arrest of Offenders and Searches Ordinance, Eight of entry and inspection. Failure to keep records and registers an offence. 10. If a Magistrate is satisfied that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that, in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance or any rule made hereunder, any dangerous drug is in the possession or under the control of any person in any premises, or that any document relating to or connected with any transaction which was, or would be, if carried out, an offence against this Ordinance, or, in the case of a transaction carried out or intended to be carried out in any place outside Palestine, an offence against the provisions of any law therein in force, is in the possession or under the control of any person in any premises, he may grant a search warrant authorizing any Police Officer at any time within one month from the date of the w arrant to enter the premises named in the w arrant, and to search the premises and any person found therein, and, if there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence against this Ordinance has been committed in relation to any such drugs which may be found in the premises or in the possession of any such person, or that any document which may be so found is such a document, to seize and detain the drugs or the document. 11. The Arrest of Offenders and Searches Ordinance, 1924, shall apply to search warrants under this Ordinance : Provided that the provisions of section 17 of the said Ordinance shall not be applicable. 12. The Director may at all reasonable times enter upon the premises of any person authorized to be in possession of dangerous drugs under section 9 (a), (b) and (d) of this Ordinance for thei purpose of examining stocks of dangerous drugs held by such person and the records and registers of transactions in dangerous drugs prescribed to be kept by such person in accordance with this Ordinance or any rules made thereunder, and may require such I person to produce for inspection all documents, invoices and I authorizations relating to his transactions in dangerous drugs. Any person who refuses to grant entry to the Director to such I premises or obstructs or impedes either by himself or by a third I person the entry of the Director, or fails to produce on demand all I stocks of dangerous drugs kept by him or under his control, or the I records and registers prescribed to be kept by him, or other I documents relating to his transactions in dangerous drugs required I by the Director, shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance.I 13. Any person who being required by this Ordinance or the I rules made thereunder to m aintain records and registers of transac-l tions in dangerous drugs fails to do so in the m anner prescribed I shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance.

8 14. If any person : (a) being the occupier of any premises permits those premises to be used for the purpose of the preparation of opium or hashish for smoking or the sale or smoking of prepared opium or of hashish ; or (b) is concerned in the management of any premises used for any such purpose as aforesaid ; or (c) has in his possession any pipes or other utensils for use in connection with the smoking of opium or hashish or any utensils used in connection with the preparation of opium or hashish for smoking; or (d) smokes or otherwise uses prepared opium or hashish, or frequents any place used for the purpose of opium or hashish smoking ; he shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance. 15. fl) The High Commissioner may, with the approval of the Secretary of State make rules for the effective execution of this Ordinance and without prejudice to the generality of the powers so conferred may : (а) prescribe the procedure governing the import, export, and transit of dangerous drugs and the forms of authorization or certificates to be obtained and used in connection therewith ; (б ) provide for the keeping of proper records of the purchase and disposal of dangerous drugs by persons authorized to be in possession of such drugs; (c) regulate the issue by medical practitioners, dentists, or veterinary surgeons of prescriptions for any dangerous drugs and the disposing of such prescriptions, and the sale and distribution of dangerous drugs. (2) The High Commissioner may by order apply the terms 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 and their respective salts. (commonly known as Dionin) (3) The High Commissioner may by notice published in the Gazette : (n) add to the schedule any new derivatives of morphine or cocaine or any other alkaloids of opium or any other drug of whatever kind which is likely to be productive, if improperly used, or which is capable of being converted into a substance which is, or is likely to be productive if improperly used, of Offences in connection with premises used for sale or smoking of opium or hashish, etc. Powers to make rules, orders and notices.

9 8 ill effects substantially of the same character or nature as or analogous to those produced by morphine or cocaine ; (b) modify or exclude any section of the schedule ; (c) exempt any preparation containing dangerous drugs which cannot give rise to the habit on account of the medicaments with which it is compounded and which in practice preclude its recovery. Penalties. Power of Court to confiscate. Proof of documents produced by defence. 16. (1) Every person guilty of an offence under this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder, shall in respect of each such offence be liable : (a) on conviction on information to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, or to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds, or both such penalties ; (b) on conviction before a Chief Magistrate to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both such penalties : Provided that no person shall, on conviction for any offence of contravening or failing to comply with any rule under this Ordinance relating to the keeping of books or the issuing or dispensing of prescriptions containing drugs to which this Ordinance applies, be sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine or to pay a fine exceeding fifty pounds if the Court dealing with the case is satisfied that the offence was committed through inadvertence and was not preparatory to, or committed in the course of, or in connection with, the commission or intended commission of any offence against the Ordinance. (21 W here any person is convicted of an offence under sections 4, 5, 6, 7 and 14 of this Ordinance, the Court shall confiscate any dangerous drugs, pipes or utensils in respect of which the offence has been committed. All such dangerous drugs and utensils shall be destroyed or shall be otherwise disposed of as the Court may think fit. (3) W here a person convicted of an offence under this Ordinanc is a company, the chairman and every director and every officer concerned in the management of the company shall be guilty of the like offence unless he proves that the act constituting the offence took place without his knowledge or consent. 17. In any proceedings against any person for an offence under this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder, it shall not be necessary to negative by evidence any certificate, licence, authorization, register or document produced as a matter of exception or defence,

10 9 and the burden of proving such m atter shall be upon the person seeking to avail himself thereof. 18. The following Ordinances are hereby repealed : Bepeal. The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, No. 21 of 1925 The Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Ordinance, No. 6 of The Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Ordinance, No. 49 of SC H E D U L E («) Prepared opium. (b) Raw opium. (c) Coca leaves. (d) Indian hemp. P a r t I (c) Hashish or the resin prepared from Indian hemp or from the plant Cannabis sativa and any preparation containing the resin, except those mentioned in Part II hereof. (a) Medicinal opium. P a r t II (b) Any extract or tincture of Indian hemp. (c) Morphine and its salts, and diacetylmorphine (commonly known as diamorphine or heroin) and the other esters of morphine and their respective salts. (d) Cocaine (including synthetic cocaine) and ecgonine and their respective salts, and the esters of Ecgonine and their respective salts. (e) Any solution or dilution of morphine or cocaine or their salts in an inert substance whether liquid or solid, containing any proportion of morphine or cocaine, and any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance (not being such a solution or dilution as aforesaid), containing not less than one fifth per centum of morphine or one tenth per centum of cocaine or of ecgonine. (/) Any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance containing any proportion of diacetylmorphine.

11 10 (g) Dihidrooxycodeinone (of which the substance registered under the name of Eucodal is a salt), diliydrocodeinone (of which the substance registered under the name Dicodide is a salt), dihydromorphine (of which the substance registered under the name of Dilaudide is a salt), acetyldihydrocodeinone (of which the substance registered under the name of Acedicone is a salt), dihydromorphine (of which the substance registered under the name of Param orphan is a salt), their esters and the salts of any of these substances and of their esters, morphine-n-oxide (commonly known as Genomorphine). the morphine-n-oxide derivatives, and any other pentavalent nitrogen morphine derivatives. (h) Thebaine and its salts, and (with the exception of m ethylmorphine, commonly known as Codeine, and ethvlmorphine, commonly known as Dionin, and their respective salts), benzyl morphine and the other esters of morphine and their respective salts. (i) Any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance containing any proportion of any of the substances mentioned in paragraph (g) or in paragraph (h) of this part of the schedule. 18th March, A. G. W AUCHOPE High Commissioner. CORRIGENDUM. Palestine Gazette No. 577 of Supplement No. 1, page 141,, line 3 of p aragraph (h) of P art II of the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, No. 17 of 1936, the word esters should read ethers.

12 GOVERNMENT OF PALESTINE. DAN GEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE, R u l e s m a d e by t h e H ig h C o m m is s io n e r u n d e r s e c t io n 15. In e x e r c is e of the powers vested in him by section 15 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1936, the High Commissioner has made the following rules : 1. These rules may be cited as the Dangerous Drugs Citation. Rules, For the purpose of these rules : Definitions. Pharmacist includes any person licensed under the Public Health (Pharmacy) Ordinances, , who is in charge of a licensed pharmacy, and includes a licensed medical practitioner or licensed veterinary surgeon who has received written approval to dispense drugs and medicines in accordance with section 16 of the said Ordinance. Import certificate means a certificate in the form C set out in the schedule hereto, issued by the Director of Medical Services, to the effect that the importation is approved. PART I. I s s u e o f D a n g e r o u s D r u g s. 3. A pharmacist shall not supply dangerous drugs save to : H?) another pharmacist ; Persons to whom dangerous drugs may be supplied. ^ K ) a licensed medical practitioner, licensed veterinary sur- 1 geon or licensed dentist for their professional purposes; a person presenting a prescription from a licensed medical H practitioner or licensed veterinary surgeon, in accordance 8 with the terms of that prescription : (d) a person authorised in accordance with rule 6 of these rules to be in possession of dangerous drugs who presents an order bearing the stamp of the Department of Health and the approval of the Director of Medical Services; (e) a person who has obtained an authorisation for export under these rules :

13 2 Provided that : (а) A licensed medical practitioner or a licensed veterinary surgeon who has received written approval to dispense drugs and medicines in accordance with section 16 of the Public H ealth (Pharmacy) Ordinances , shall not supply dangerous drugs save to his own patients for the purpose of medical or veterinary treatment. (б ) Licensed medical practitioners, licensed dentists and licensed veterinary surgeons shall not keep in their possession any dangerous drug in greater quantity than is necessary for the practice or exercise of their respective professions or employments, and the dangerous drugs shall not be supplied otherwise than by the personal administration thereof b}7 them to persons or animals receiving treatm ent from them. If the Director of Medical Services has reason to suspect that a licensed medical practitioner, licensed dentist or licensed veterinary surgeon is supplying or prescribing dangerous drugs to or for either himself or any other person otherwise than is properly required for the purpose of the medical, dental or veterinary treatm ent of himself or that other person or animal, the Director of Medical Services may in his discretion disqualify such medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon from supplying, procuring or being in possession of dangerous drugs. Restriction on delivery of dangerous drugs to messengers. 4. (1) W here a dangerous drug is to be lawfully supplied to any person (hereinafter referred to as the recipient ) otherwise than by or on a prescription given by a licensed medical practitioner or licensed veterinary surgeon, the pharmacist supplying the dangerous drug (hereinafter referred to as the supplier ) shall not deliver it to a person who purports to be sent by or on behalf of the recipient unless that person either : (a) is a person authorised under the Ordinance to be in possession of that dangerous drug, or (b) produces to the supplier a statement in writing signed by the recipient to the effect that he is authorised by the recipient to receive the drug in question on behalf of the recipient, and the supplier is satisfied that the doc ament is a genuine document. (2) A person to whom a dangerous drug is lawfully delivered in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (1 ) (b) of this rule shall be deemed to be a person authorised to be in possession

14 3 thereof, but for such period only as in the circumstances of the case is reasonably sufficient to enable the delivery of the drug to the recipient to be effected. 5. (1 ) A pharmacist, licensed medical practitioner, licensed veterinary surgeon or licensed dentist shall present an order for the dangerous drugs required. The order shall state the names and amount of the dangerous drugs, the name and address and the number of the licence of the purchaser and shall contain a declaration that the dangerous drugs will be used solely for legitimate professional purposes. The order shall be in writing and signed by the person giving it with his usual signature and dated by him. (2) A pharmacist shall not supply a dangerous drug on an order unless : (a) the order complies with the provisions of this rule; and (b) he is acquainted with the signature of the person by whom it purports to have been given and has no reasons to suppose that it is not genuine, or has taken reasonably sufficient steps to satisfy himself that it is genuine. Written order required. 6. Any person, including a pharmacist, licensed medical practitioner, licensed veterinary surgeon or licensed dentist, who desires to obtain or to use dangerous drugs for legitimate scientific purposes shall submit an application to the Director of Medical Services for his approval, stating the scientific purposes for which he desires to possess or use dangerous drugs. The Director of Medical Services may grant or refuse the application in his absolute discretion. If a permit is issued, it shall be numbered, dated, and shall state the name and address of the person to whom it is granted, the names and the maximum amount, of the dangerous drugs which he may possess, the purpose for which they shall be used, the address of the premises in which they shall be kept, and the manner in which they shall be stored and labelled and the procedure for recording their consumption. Any person to whom such permit has been granted shall submit an application for the purchase of dangerous drugs to the Director of Medical Services for his approval. The application shall be written in English and shall state the names and amount of the dangerous drugs required, the name and address of the applicant, the number of the permit under which he is permitted to purchase dangerous drugs, and a declaration that the dangerous drugs will >e used solely for the purposes stated in the authorisation. The pplication shall be signed by the applicant. The Director of Medical Services, if he approves the application, hall return it stamped and countersigned to the applicant who hall present it to a pharmacist : Application for permit to obtain dangerous drugs for other than medicinal purposes.

15 4 Provided that where the applicant is himself a pharmacist he may if he so desires use from his own stock the drug or drugs in respect of which the permit has been granted in which case he shall make the necessary entries recording the transaction in his dangerous drugs register. Keeping of records. 7. (1) Every person authorised to trade in or be in possession of dangerous drugs shall comply with the following provisions (a) H e shall in accordance w'ith the provisions of this rule, keep a register in the form set out in form H of the schedule to these rules the pages of which shall be numbered and stamped by the Departm ent of Health. (b) Save as provided in paragraph 2 hereof he shall enter therein true particulars with respect to every quantity of any drug or preparation obtained by him and with respect to every quantity of any drug or preparation supplied by him whether to persons within or to persons outside Palestine. (c) The required entry shall be made on the day on which the drug or preparation is received or on which the transaction with respect to the supply takes place. (d) No cancellation, obliteration or alteration shall be made of an entry in the register, and any corrections of an entry shall be made by way of a marginal note or a foot-note which shall specify the date on wthich a correction is made. (e) Every entry required to be made under these rules and every correction of such an entry shall be made in ink or otherwise so as to be indelible. Entries in register. (2) Every entry in the register dealing with the issue ol dangerous drugs, save a monthly entry made from the prescription register and any- entry of dangerous drugs expended in the pharmacy for the purpose of preparing galenical preparations, shall refer to a written order as prescribed in rules 5 and 6 ol these rules. (3) No entry in the register shall be necessary in the case of dangerous drugs in medicinal quantities dispensed by a pharmacist on the presentation of a medical or veterinary prescription signed by a licensed medical practitioner or licensed veterinary surgeon; provided that an entry is made in the prescription register, and that the names of the dangerous drugs are underlined in red ink and that the prescription is retained by the pharmacist. (4) At the end of each month the pharmacist shall check his stock of dangerous drugs and balance the dangerous drugs register.

16 5 Any serious discrepancy shall at once be reported to the District H e a lth Office. The total amount of dangerous drugs entered in the prescription register during the month shall be entered in the dangerous drugs register before that register is balanced. The provisions of this rule shall not apply to licensed medical practitioners, licensed dentists and licensed veterinary surgeons who are authorised to keep dangerous drugs under section 9 (b) of the Ordinance. S. The pharmacist shall render an annual return of dangerous Annual return. drugs to the Department of H ealth in the form I set out in the schedule hereto. 9. (1 ) The dangerous drugs register and the written orders referred to in rules 5 and 6 hereof shall be preserved by the pharmacist and shall be available for inspection for a period of three years from the date of the last entry in the register. (2) The prescription register together with the prescriptions for dangerous drugs shall be preserved by the pharmacist and shall be available for inspection for the like period from the date on which the last prescription was dispensed. Dangerous drugs and prescription, register to be available for three years. 10. For the purpose of this rule the word prescription means a prescription directing the supply of a dangerous drug and given either by a licensed medical practitioner for the purpose of medical treatment or by a licensed veterinary surgeon for the purpose of animal treatment. (1) Any person by whom a prescription is given shall comply with the following requirements : The prescription shall : Dispensing of prescriptions containing dangerous drugs. (fl) be in writing and signed by the person giving it with his usual signature and dated by him; (i>) specify the name and address of the person for whose treatment it is given or, if it is given by a veterinary surgeon, of the person to whom the article prescribed is to be delivered. (2) A pharmacist shall not supply a dangerous drug on a prescription unless : (a) the prescription complies rule, and with the provisions of this (i>) he is acquainted with the signature of the person by whom it purports to have been given and has no reason to suppose that it is not genuine; or has taken reasonably sufficient steps to satisfy himself that it is genuine.

17 G (3) A prescription containing a dangerous drug shall not be dispensed after thirty days from the date on which it was written. (4) A prescription shall not be dispensed by a pharmacist on more than one occasion within such period of thirty days unless the person signing the prescription has written thereon detailed directions to this effect. (5) The pharmacist shall make a fresh entry in the prescription register each time he dispenses the prescription and shall record the serial number of the entry on the prescription. Labelling. 11. (1) No person shall : fa) supply a dangerous drug unless the package or bottle in which it is contained is plainly marked with the amount of the drug contained therein, or (b) supply a preparation containing a dangerous drug, unless the package or bottle in which it is contained is plainly marked : (i) in the case of a powder, solution or ointment with the total amount thereof in the package or bottle and the percentage of the dangerous drug contained in the powder, solution or ointment, or (ii) in the case of tablets or other similar articles with the amount of the dangerous drug in each article and the num ber of articles in the package or bottle. (2) In each case the package or bottle shall bear a poison label as prescribed under the Public H ealth (Pharmacy) Ordinances, (3) This rule shall not apply in a case where a preparation is lawfully supplied in accordance with these rules by, or on a prescription lawfully given by, a duly licensed medical practitioner or licensed veterinary surgeon. Calculation of percentage. 12. For the purpose of the schedule to the Ordinance, and of these rules, the percentage in the case of morphine shall be calculated as in respect of anhydrous morphine ; and the percentage in the case of liquid preparations shall, unless other provision in that behalf is made by rule, be calculated on the basis that a preparation containing one per centum of any substance means a preparation in which one gramme of the substance, if a solid, or one millilitre (cubic centimetre) of the substance, if a liquid, is contained in every one hundred millilitres of the preparation, and so in proportion for any greater or less percentage.

18 7 PA E T TI. I m p o r t a n d E x p o r t a n d C o n v e y in g i n T r a n s it o f D a n g e r o u s D r u g s. 13. (1) Intending importers of dangerous drugs shall submit Itn application in the form A set out in the schedule hereto to the I director of Medical Services through the Senior Medical Officer I )f the district wherein he is located, giving full particulars of such Irugs as he intends to import and the name and address of the I ierson from whom they are to be obtained. In all cases it shall I >e in the absolute discretion of the Director of Medical Services o issue or refuse an import authorisation or to limit the quantity I >f any drug authorised to be imported. Import of dangerous drugs. (2) An import authorisation in the form B set out in the I ichedule hereto permitting the importation into Palestine of any dangerous drugs specified therein may be granted by the Director )f Medical Services, subject to such conditions as he shall deem fit, l o any person who may lawfully import such drug. I (3) Where an import authorisation is issued in pursuance of this lule, the Director of Medical Services shall also issue, in relation 10 the dangerous drug intended to be imported, an import certi- I ;cate in the form C set out in the schedule hereto, which shall be Borwarded by the intending importer to the person from whom Iie drug is to be obtained. W hen the importer to whom an import uthorisation is issued under this rule intends to import the drug J*r drugs to which such authorisation relates in more than one lonsignment, a separate import certificate shall be issued to him 11 respect of each such consignment. I (4) No dangerous drug shall be imported into Palestine unless l i e person to whom the drug is consigned is in possession of a lalid and subsisting import authorisation granted in pursuance of this rule. I (-5) Every dangerous drug imported into Palestine from a ' 1 mntry which is party to the convention shall be accompanied Va valid and subsisting export authorisation or diversion I ïrtificate. (6) A consignment of dangerous drugs shall not be released by j»e Customs authorities in Palestine except on the production to em of the authorisations referred to in this rule. The Customs ^ thorities shall withdraw the export authorisation, if any, in ^Bspect of the consignment and the import authorisation if and Hhen the whole of the drugs to which it relates has been imported

19 8 and shall transm it these documents to the Director of Medica Services. The Customs authorities shall before doing so complete the endorsement on the reverse of the import authorisation. Export of dangerous drugs. 14. (1) Intending exporters shall submit an application to the Director of Medical Services in the form D set out in the schedu hereto which shall be accompanied by the certificate of officia approval to import dangerous drugs, if any, issued by the competent authority of the country to which the drug is to be exported. (2 ) Upon the production of such certificate duly issued by tie competent authority in any country, the Director of Medica Services may issue an export authorisation in the form E set out in the schedule hereto in respect of any drug referred to in the certificate to the person named as the exporter in such certificate, provided that he is, under the provisions of the Ordinance, or otherwise, lawfully entitled to export such drugs from Palestine. The export authorisation shall be prepared in triplicate and two copies shall be issued to the exporter who shall send one copy with the drug to which it refers when such drug is exported. The D ir e c to r ol Medical Services shall send the third copy to the a pp ro priate authorit}^ of the country of ultimate destination. Where the intended exportation is to a country which is not a party to the convention, it shall not be necessary to produce a certificate ol official approval to import as aforesaid. In all cases it shall be in the absolute discretion of the Director of Medical Services to issue or refuse an export authorisation, as he may see fit. (3) No dangerous drug shall be exported from Palestine unless the consignor is in possession of a valid and subsisting export authorisation relating to such drug granted under this r u l e. (4) At the time of exportation of any dangerous drug tlx exporter shall produce to the Director of Customs, Excise ml Trade or to the Postmaster-General, as the case may be, thl dangerous drug, the export authorisation relating thereto, anil such other evidence as he may require to satisfy him that thsfl drug is being lawfully exported to the place and person named a l the authorisation which refers to it. Dangerous drugs in transit. 15. (1) W here any dangerous drug in transit is accompawb by an export authorisation or diversion certificate and the Dire* of Customs, Excise and Trade has reasonable grounds to belie* that such authorisation or certificate is false, or that it has beetj obtained by fraud or wilful misrepresentation of a material part cular, it shall be lawful for the Director of Customs, Excise» Trade to seize and detain the drug to which such authorisation $

20 9 certificate relates. Upon being satisfied that such authorisation or certificate is valid or has not been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation as aforesaid, the Director of Customs, Excise and Trade shall release the drug. (2) Where the dangerous drug in transit is not accompanied by an export authorisation or diversion certificate by reason of the fact that the drug comes from a country not a party to the convention and the Director of Customs, Excise and Trade has reasonable grounds for believing that such drug is being conveyed in an unlawful manner or for an unlawful purpose or is in course of transit for the purpose of being imported into another country in contravention of the laws of that country, it shall be lawful for the Director of Customs, Excise and Trade to seize and detain the drug and to dispose of it in the m anner prescribed for forfeited goods under the Customs Ordinance, (3) Where a dangerous drug brought into Palestine in transit is landed, or transhipped in Palestine, it shall remain under the control of the Director of Customs, Excise and Trade and shall be moved only under and in accordance with a removal permit in the form F set out in the schedule attached hereto granted by him in pursuance of paragraph (5) of this rule. (4) Nothing in paragraph (I), (2) or (3) of this rule shall be eemed to apply to any dangerous drug in transit by post or in ransit by air if the aircraft passes over Palestine without landing, r to such quantities of dangerous drugs as may, bona fide, reasonbly form part of medical stores of any ship or aircraft. (5) No removal permit for the transfer of any drug from the onveyance by which it is brought into Palestine in transit to any :onveyance for removal out of Palestine shall be issued unless and mtil a valid and subsisting export authorisation or diversion ertificate relating to it is produced to the Director of Customs, xcise and Trade, save that this provision shall not apply (a) in the case where the drug has come from a country not a party to the convention, and (b) to dangerous drugs in transit by post. 16. (1) No person shall, except under the authority of a iversion certificate in the form G set out in the schedule hereto, ause or procure any dangerous drug brought into Palestine in ansit to be diverted to any destination other than that to which "was originally consigned. In the ca.se of any drug in transit ccompanied by an export authorisation or a diversion certificate The diversion of dangerous drug.

21 issued by a competent authority of some other country, the countn to which the drug was originally consigned shall be deemed to be the country stated in such export authorisation or diversion certificate to be the country of destination. (2) The Director of Medical Services may in his absolute discretion issue a diversion certificate in the form G set out in the schedule hereto in respect of any dangerous drug in transit upon production to him of a valid and subsisting certificate of officia approval to import issued by the competent authority in the country to which it is proposed to divert the drug, or if that country is not a party to the convention upon such evidence as may satisfy him that the drug is to be sent in a lawful manner and for a proper purpose. (3) A diversion certificate shall be issued in duplicate ; one copy thereof shall accompany the drug when it is diverted from Palestine. Another copy shall be despatched by the Director o Medical Services to the proper authority in the country to whit the consignment has been diverted. (4) Upon the issue of a diversion certificate the authorisation or diversion certificate (if any) accompanying the drug on its arriva in Palestine shall be detained by the Director of Medical Services and returned to the authority issuing such authorisation or diversion certificate together with a notification of the name of the country to which such drug has been diverted.

22 11 F o r m A. D E PA E T M B N T OF H E A L T H. DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE, A p p l ic a t io n t o I m p o r t. Director of Medical Services, Department of H ealth, Jerusalem. Through District H ealth Office I wish to import the following dangerous drugs which come under part II of the schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1936, in the amounts stated : Amounts Amounts Amounts in Amounts received sold stock on required Name of dangerous during the during the date of to be drugs. last six last six application. ordered, months. months. The order for the above-mentioned drugs to be placed with (state full name and address of firm) and will enter Palestine via...(state port of entry or parcel post as applicable). (b) Medical Practi I certify that the drugs when imported, will be used medicinal and scientific purposes. I am the holder of (a) Pharm acist s Licence No. P tioner s Licence No. D R... solely for legitimate, Signature Full name of applicant... Business address...

23 I 12 F o r m B ". Authorisation No... File N o... D E P A R T M E N T OF H E A L T H. DAN GEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE, I m p o r t A u t h o r is a t io n. I n t e r n a t io n a l O p i u m C o n v e n t io n s. In pursuance of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1936, the Director of Medical Services, hereby authorises... the holder of Pharm acist s or Medical Practitioner s Licence N o... (hereinafter called the im porter ) to import the following drugs in the quantities stated, viz : This authorisation is issued subject to the following conditions : 1. The drugs shall be imported before This authorisation is not a licence to be in possession of or to supply the drug imported. 3. This authorisation does not relieve the importer from compliance with any Customs regulations in force for the time being relating to the importation of goods into or transhipm ent of goods in Palestine, or any Post Office regulations for the time being in force in Palestine.

24 13 4. This authorisation is valid only for the importer and may be revoked at any time by the Director of Medical Services, to whom it shall in that event be immediately surrendered. It shall be produced for inspection when required by anv duly authorised person. 5. This authorisation, unless sooner revoked, shall be produced to the Customs Officer at the time of importation and shall be surrendered to the Customs Officer at the time when the last consignment of the drugs referred to therein is imported. 6. If the importation of all the drugs specified in the schedule is not effected before the date specified in condition No. 1, this authorisation shall immediately after that date be surrendered to the Director of Medical Services. 7. The copy of the export authorisation, if any, which accompanies the drugs shall be surrendered to the Director, Department of Customs, Excise and Trade for transmission to the Director of Medical Services. Director of Medical Services. Department of H ealth, Jerusalem. Date... T h is a u t h o r is a t io n is not to leave the possession of the importer until it is surrendered to the Director of Medical Services or to the Customs Officer, who will complete the certificate on the back and return the authorisation to the Director of Medical Services.

25 (To be printed on reverse of Im port Authorisation). E N D O R S E M E N T BY CUSTOMS O F FIC E R at the time of importation. ] Date Description of drugs imported - Number and date of export authorisation Quantity How imported Customs entry, or Parcel Post No. Signature, mark and station of Customs Officer This authorisation, w hen all drugs to which it relates have been im ported, must be returned by the Customs Officer to the Director oi" Medical Services,

26 15 F o r m G Serial No... Import Certificate issued by the Government of Palestine. File N o... DAN GERO US D RU GS ORDINANCE, C E R T IF IC A T E OF O F FIC IA L A PPRO V A L OF IM PORT. I n t e r n a t io n a l O p i u m C o n v e n t i o n s. I, the Director of Medical Services, Departm ent of H ealth of the Government of Palestine, being the officer charged with the administration of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1936, have approved the import by... the holder of Pharm acist s/medical Practitioner s Licence No... of the following drugs in the quantities stated, viz : subject to the importation taking place within... months from the date of this certificate and to the following conditions... and am satisfied that the consignment to be imported is required solely for medicinal or scientific purposes. Department of H ealth,... Jerusalem. Director of Medical Services. D ate... This document is solely for production to the Government of the country from which the drug is proposed to be obtained.

27 16 F o r m D D E P A R T M E N T OF H E A L T H. DAN GERO US DRUGS ORDIN ANCE, A p p l i c a t io n t o E x p o r t. Director of Medical Services, Departm ent of H ealth, Jerusalem. Through District H ealth Office, I, hereby beg to apply under regulation 15 (1 ) of rules made under section 15 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1936, for an export authorisation in accordance with the attached certificate of official approval to import dangerous drugs N o... dated... issued by... undertake to export only such drugs and in the quantities stated and to the person or firm named in the export authorisation. If authorised the consignment will be exported (1) from the port of...by S.S... on... (2 ) by parcel post in... parcels from the Post Office in... Signature of Applicant. Name in full... Business address D ate...

28 17 F o r m E Export Authorisation issued by the Government of Palestine. File No... Applicant s Reference No... Serial No... DAN GERO US D RUGS ORDINANCE, E x p o r t A u t h o r i s a t i o n. I n t e r n a t io n a l O p i u m C o n v e n t io n s. In pursuance of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1936, the Director of Medical Services hereby authorises... (hereinafter called the exporter ), to export from : (1) the port of...by S.S... (2) Palestine by parcel post in...parcels from the... Post Office in... to... in virtue of certificate of official approval to import dangerous drugs No, dated... issued by... the following drugs, namely :... This authorisation is issued subject to the following conditions : 1. This authorisation is not a licence to obtain or be in possession of the drugs named herein. 2. This authorisation is available only for drugs of the exact quantity, kind and form specified above. 3. This authorisation does not relieve the exporter from compliance with any Customs regulations in force for the time being relating to the exportation of goods from Palestine nor from any provision of the Post Office Ordinance or of any Post Office regulations for the time being in force, nor from any rules or regulations respecting the transmission of articles by post which may for the time being be in force, whether within Palestine or elsewhere. 4. If the drugs are authorised to be exported by ship the duplicate copy, which is attached, shall accompany the consignment to the place of destination, and for this purpose the exporter shall cause it to be delivered to the master of the vessel by which the consignment is despatched. (See footnote (3) ).

29 18 5. If the drugs are authorised to be exported by post the attached duplicate copy shall be placed inside the outer wrapper of the parcel containing the drugs. If the drugs are contained in more than one parcel, the duplicate copy shall be placed inside the outer wrapper of one of them, the parcels shall be consecutively numbered on the outer wrapper, and on each parcel there shall be legibly stated the number of the parcel in which the duplicate copy is to be found. (See footnote ( 2 )). 6. The exporter, if so required by the Director of Medical Services, shall produce to him, within such time as he may allow, proof to his satisfaction that the said drugs were duly delivered at the destination named in this authorisation and in the event of non-compliance with this condition the authorisation shall be deemed void and of no effect. 7. The exporter shall furnish to the Director of Medical Services such returns of goods exported by him in pursuance of this authorisation as may from time to time be required. 8. This authorisation is valid only for the exporter named above and may be revoked at any time by the Director of Medical Services. It shall be produced for inspection when required by a duly authorised person. 9. This authorisation, unless sooner revoked, shall continue in force for three calendar months from the date hereof. It must be surrendered at the time of export to an officer of (1) the Customs D epartm ent, or (2) the Post Office, as the case mas* be, who will endorse it with the date of export and reference num ber of parcels post or customs declaration. If not used it shall be surrendered to the Director of Medical Services, within seven days of the date of its expiry. Departm ent of H ealth, Jerusalem. D ate... Director of Medical Services. N ote (1) If any alteration is desired in the authorisation, it must be returned with a request for amendment and a statement of the reasons therefor. No unauthorised alteration is permissible. (2) In the case of drugs exported by post failure to comply with this condition may lead to delay or confiscation of the parcels in the country of destination. (3) In the case of drugs exported by ship this document is required in pursuance of the International Opium Convention, 1925, Article 15, to be produced to the competent authorities of any country through which the consignment passes, whether it is transhipped or not. Failure to comply with this condition may lead to delay or confiscation of the consignment.

30 19 F orm F G O V ERN M EN T OF P A L E ST IN E. DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE, P e r m it f o r t h e r e m o v a l o f d a n g er o u s d r u g s in t r a n s it. I n t e r n a t io n a l O p iu m C o n v e n t io n s.... is hereby authorised to move the dangerous drugs described hereunder from... t o... Nature and quantity of dangerous drugs... Particulars of export authorisation (or diversion certificate) if any, relating thereto... Name of ship on which the drugs were brought into the country Date of arrival... Number of packages... Marks and numbers on packages... This licence is issued subject to the following conditions : (1) This licence is valid only for the removal of' the drugs specified above. <2) The removal of the drugs shall take place between a"m" and p.m. a"m" on th e p.m. (3) If the removal of the drugs does not take place within the hours and on the day specified, this permit must be returned to the Director of Customs, Excise and Trade forthwith ; and in an}" case shall be surrendered when the removal has taken place. (4) The drugs must not be moved unless an officer of the Customs Department is present. (5) This permit does not authorise the person named above to be in possession of the drugs otherwise than for the purpose of removing them in accordance with this permit.

31 20 (6 ) The packages containing the drugs are not to be opened or broken in the course of the removal. (7) This permit shall be produced at any time when required by a duly authorised person. Haifa D ate... Director, Department of Customs, Excise and F o r m G Diversion Certificate issued by the Government of Palestine. DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE, D iv e r s io n C e r t if ic a t e. I n t e r n a t io n a l O p iu m C o n v e n t io n s. In pursuance of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1936, I hereby certify tint I have authorised the diversion of the consignment of drugs, of which particulars are given below, to the destination stated below. Description and quantities of drugs... Name of vessel on which the consignment wtas brought to Palestine... Number and date of export authorisation and authority by whom issued... Name and address of original consignee named in the export authorisation... Number and date of certificate of official approval to import dangerous drugs (and authority by whom issued) by virtue of which this diversion is authorised... Name of vessel on which the consignment is authorised to be carried from Palestine... Period wtithin which the consignment is to be carried from Palestine...

32 21 This certificate is issued subject to the following conditions : (1) The duplicate cop}' of this certificate shall accompany the consignment to the place of destination, and for this purpose shall be delivered to the master of the vessel by which the consignment is despatched. ( 2) This certificate does not relieve any person who may be concerned with the carriage of the consignment of drugs specified above from compliance with any Customs regulations in force for the time being relating to the exportation of goods from Palestine. (3) This certificate is valid only for the consignment and for the period specified above, and may be revoked at any time. (4) If the consignment of drugs is not carried from Palestine within the period specified above, this certificate shall be surrendered to the Director of Medical Services. (5) This certificate shall be produced at any time when required by a duly authorised person. Department of Health, Jerusalem. Date... Director of Medical Services. N o te (1) If any alteration is desired in this authorisation it must be returned with a request for amendment and a statement of the reasons therefor. No unauthorised alteration is permissible. (2) This document is required in pursuance of the International Opium Convention, 1925, Article 15, to be produced to the competent authorities of any country through which the consignment passes, whether it is transhipped or not. Failure to comply with this condition may lead to delay or confiscation of the consignment-

33 F orm H FORM OF DANGEROUS DRUGS R E G IS T E R. R e c e ip t s. I s s u e s. N am e of the drug. N am e of the drug. Date of receipt Name and address of person, body or firm from whom obtained,-s.5 <5 o o ÎZ5 Name and address of person, body or firm to whom supplied Form in which issued

34 F O R M O F A N N U A L R E T U R N. P lace... Pharmacy A n n u a l S t a t e m e n t o f D a n g e r o u s D r u g s. D ate forwarded Medicinal Opium 1 Morphine Year ending December, Diacetylmorphine Dihydromor - phinone (dilaudide) Dihydrocodeinone fdicodide) Dihydrooxyco deinone (eucodal) Acetyldihydrocodeinone (acedicone). Dihydromorphine (paramorphan) <D a 3 8 o Methylmorphine (codeine) Ethylmorphine (dionin) Tinet. Cannabis Indica Extr. Cannabis Indica J Total amounts sold other than on prescriptions Total amounts sold on prescriptions Total amounts exported Total amounts purchased locally Total amounts imported Quantities used for compounding of preparations whether for domestic consumption or for export, for the export of which authorisation is not required. Amount in stock. * Estimated requirements for the coming year... Pharmacy stamp No. of Licence P... Signature of Licensed Pharmacist... Hated By His Excellency s Command, 1 2 th September, J HATHORN HALL (M/25/35) Chief Secretary.

35 Reprinted, from Palestine Gazette No. 635 dated the Is# October, 1936.

36 GOVERNMENT OF PALESTINE. DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE, R u l e s m a d e by t h e H ig h Co m m is s io n e r u n d e r s e c t io n 15. I n e x e r c i s e of the powers vested in him b y section 1 5 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, , the H igh Commissioner has made the following rules : Citation. Authorisation of possession of Codeine and Dionin by manufacturing chemists and druggists, and manufacturera of medical products. 1. These rules may be known as the Dangerous Drugs (Codeine and Dionin) Rules, Bona tide manufacturing chemists and druggists wtho are in charge of licensed manufactories of medical products are hereby authorised for the purpose of section 9 (d) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, , to trade in and be in possession of Methylmorphine (commonly known as Codeine) and Ethylmorphine (commonly known as Dionin) subject to the terms of that Ordinance and of any rules made thereunder and to any orders made under section 1 5 ( 2 ) thereof in respect of Codeine and Dionin. By His Excellency s Command, 12th September, (M/25/35) J. HATHORN HALL Chief Secretary. Reprinted from Palestine Gazette ISo. 635 dated the 1-s# October, 1936.

37 GOVERNMENT OF PALESTINE. DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDIN ANCE, O r d e r N o. 58 o f , by t h e H i g h C o m m i s s io n e r u n d e r s e c t io n 15 (2). I n exercise of the powers vested in him by section 15 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1936, the High Commissioner is pleased to order and it is hereby ordered as follows : Citation. Application of terms of principal Ordinance to Methylmorphine and Ethylmorphine. Extent of application. 1. This Order may be cited as the Dangerous Drugs (Methylmorphine and Ethylmorphine) Order, The terms of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1936, shall be applied, in so far as possession, manufacture, conversion, sale, im port, export and transit are concerned, to Methylmorphine (commonly known as Codeine) and Ethylmorphine (commonly known as Dionin) and their respective salts, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained. S. This Order applies to the above-mentioned drugs when not compounded with other substances, and to all dry preparations or compounds (pills, tablets, etc.), in which Methylmorphine or.ethylmorphine is not associated with other medicinal substances and to all liquid preparations or compounds consisting of a solution of Methylmorphine or Ethylmorphine in one or more inert fluids : Provided that the terms of this Order shall not apply to : (a) Dry preparations (tablets, pills, etc.) containing 0.1 gram or less of Methylmorphine or Ethylmorphine associated with one or more medicinal substances ; (b) Liquid compounds containing 10% or less in solution of either substance in one or more inert fluids ; (c) Pharmaceutical compounds or preparations in which Methylmorphine or Ethylmorphine is associated with other medicinal substances; (d) Medicines containing Methylmorphine or Ethylmorphine dispensed according to a prescription from a licensed medical practitioner or licensed veterinary surgeon. Keeping of records. 4. In so far as the keeping of records is concerned, a record shall be made in the dangerous drugs register in respect of all transactions in these drugs in the manner prescribed by the Dangerous Drugs Rules, 1936, save that the amounts dispensed on prescriptions shall be entered in the register as a consolidated rigure when the register is balanced at the end of each month. *2th September, (M/25/35) By His Excellency s Command, J. H A T H O R N H A LL Chief Secretary. Reprinted from Palestine. Gazette JVo. 635 dated the 1st October, 1930.

38 SOCIETE DES NATIONS. Communiqué au Conseil C.312.M XI. et aux Membres de la Société* Genève, le 21 juillet TRAFIC DE L 1OPIUM ET AUTRES DRuGUES NUISIBLES. Lois communiquées par le Gouvernement du Royaume-Uni. Note du Secrétaire général. Conformément à 1 'article 21 de la Convention de 1931 pour limiter la fabrication et réglementer la distribution des stupéfiants, le Secrétaire général a 1 'honneur de transmettre ci-joint, aux Etats parties à ladite Convention ainsi qu aux autres Etats, le texte de l 'Ordonnance suivante. SOMALILANP BRITANNIQUE : Ordonnance N 9 de 1934 sur les drogues nuisibles. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS. Laws communicated by the Government of the Uniteci Kingdom. Note by the Secretary-General. In accordance with Article 21 of the Convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs of 1931, the Secretary-General has the honour to communicate herewith to the Parties to the Convention and to the other States the text of the following Ordinance. SOMALILAND : Dangerous Drugs Ordinance N 9 of 1934.

39 A N O R D IN A N C E. j^nacted by the Commissioner of the Somaliland Protectorate. (Signed) A. S. LAWRANCE. Commission er. S h k ik h, 24th April, No. 9 o f DANGEROUS DRUGS. 1. This Ordinance ma}7 be cited as the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Short title. PART I. 2. In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise requires (a) Raw opium means the spontaneously coagulated juice obtained from the capsules of the papaver somniferum" which has only been submitted to the necessary manipulations for packing and transport, whatever its content of morphine. Definitions (b) Prepared opium means the product of raw opium, obtained by a series of special operations, especially by dissolving, boiling, roasting and fermentation, designed to transform it into an extract suitable for consumption ; and includes dross and all other residues remaining when opium has been smoked.

40 2 (c) Medicinal opium" means rjavÿ opium \yhich has, undergone the processes necessary to adapt it for medicinal use in accordance with the requirements of the British pharmacopoeia, whether in powder form or granulated or otherwise or mixed with neutral materials. (d) M orphine means the principal alkaloid of opium having the chemical formula Ci7 Hi9 NOs. (e) Diacetylmorpliiue means diacetylmorphiue phine, heroin) having the formula C21 H2J NOs. (diamor- 15 & :6 Geo. 5, c. 74, s. 1. (f) Coca leaf means the leaf of any plant of the geims of the erythroxylaceæ from which cocaine can be extracted eithei directly or by chemical transformation. (g) Crude cocaine means any extract of the coca leaf which can be used directly or indirectly for the manufacture of cocaine. (h) Cocaine means Methyl-Benzoyl lævo-ecgonine ( [a] D 20 =-16 4 in 20 per cent solution of chloroform) of which the formula is C 17 H 21 N O 4. (i) J'.cgonine m eanslævo-ecgonine ([a] D2G =45 6iu5per cent solution of water) of which the formula is C9 H 15 N O 3 H 2 O, and all the derivatives of lævo-ecgonine, which might serve industrially for its recover}-. (j) Indian hem p means ( i ) the dried fruiting or flowering tops of the pistillate plant known as cannabis saliva from which the resin has not been extracted, In' whatever name such tops are called ; (ii) the resins obtained from the cannabis saliva; (iii) all preparations of which such resins form the base; and (iv) all leaves and stalks of the cannabis saliva which are capable of being used for purposes of addiction. fk) Dangerous dru means ( i ) subject to the provisions of any Order made in accordance with this Ordinance any drug 10 which Part III of this Ordinance shall for the time bpiug apply. (ii) an>- substance to which Part II of this Ordinance applies.

41 3 ) Import authorisation" meaus a licence, issued by a competent authority, authorising the importation of a specified quantity of a dangerous drug and containing full particulars of the drug, together with the name and address of the person authorised to import the drug, the name and address of the person from whom the drug is to be obtained, and specifying the period within which the importation must be effected. (m) Import certificate means a certificate, substantially in Schedule the form A set out in the Schedule hereto, issued by a competent Iofm A* authority in the country into which it is intended to import dangerous drugs. (u) Export authorisation means an authorisation issued by a competent authority in a country from which a dangerous drug is exported, containing full particulars of such drug, and the quantity authorized to be exported, together with the names and addresses of the exporter and the person to whom it is to be sent, and stating the country to which, and the period within which, it is to be exported. (o) Diversion certificate means a certificate issued by the competent authority of a country through which a dangerous drug passes in transit, authorizing the diversion of such drug to a country other than that specified as the country of ultimate destination in the export authorization, and containing all the particulars required to be included in an export authorization together with the name of the country from which the consignment was originally exported. (p) Conveyance includes ship, motor vehicle, aircraft, train, and any oiher means of transport by which goods may be brought into or taken from the Protectorate. (q) In transit" means taken or sent from any country and brought into the Protectorate by land, air or water (whether or not landed or transhipped in the Protectorate) for the sole purpose of being carried to another country either by the same or another conveyance. (r) E xport, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions in relation to the Protectorate, means to take or cause to be taken out of the Protectorate by land, air or water, otherwise than in transit. (s) import, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions in relation to the Protectorate, means to bring or cause to be brought into the Protectorate by land, air or water, otherwise than in transit. (t) Convention means the International Opium Convention signed at the Hague on January 23rd 1912, the International Convention relating to Dangerous Drugs signed at Geneva on February

42 4 19th 1925, and the International Convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of Narcotic Drugs, signed at Geneva on July 13th, 1931, or any one or more of them. (u) Corresponding law m eans any law stated in a certificat p u r p o r t i n g to be issued by or on behalf of the G overnm ent of any country outside the Protectorate to be a law providing for the control and regulation in that country of the m anufacture, sale, use, export and im port of drugs in accordance with the provisions of the Convention and any statem ent in any such certificate as to the effect of the law m entioned in the certificate, or any statem ent in any such certificate that any facts constitute an offence against that law, shall be conclusive. PA R T II. 3. It shall not be lawful Raw Opium etc. (1) to cultivate, trade in, import or bring into, export from, or possess within the Protectorate the opium puppy. Indian hemp, or coca leaves except with special authority of the Commissioner for medical or scientific purposes; (2 ) to trade in, import or bring into, export from, or possess within the Protectorate raw opium or crude cocaine except with special authority of the Commissioner for medical or scientific purposes ; or (3 ) to trade in, im port or bring into, export from, or possess within the Protectorate prepared opium ; Provided th at nothing in this section shall prevent the bringing of Indian hemp, coca leaves, crude cocaine and raw opium to the Protectorate in transit in accordance w ith the provisions of this Ordinance. P A R T III. Drugs to which P p rt HI applies. a r e 4 (l) The drugs to which this Part of this Ordinance applies (a) medicinal opium ; (b) any extract or tincture of Indian hemp ; (c) morphine and its salts, and diacetylmorphine (commonly known as diamorphine or heroin) and the other esters of morphine and their respective salts ;

43 5 (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) cocaine (including synthetic cocaine) and ecgonine and their respective salts, and the esters of ecgonine and their respective salts ; any solution or dilution of morphine or cocaine or their salts :n an inert substance whether liquid or solid, containing any proportion of morphine or cocaine, and any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance (not being such a solution or dilution as aforesaid) containing not less than one-fifth per cent of morphine or onetenth per cent of cocaine or of ecgonine ; any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance containing any proportion of diacetylmorphine ; dihydrohydroxycodeinone, dihydrocodeinone, dihydromorphinone, acetyldihydrocodeinone, dihydromorphine, their esters and the salts of any of these substances and of their esters, morpine-n-oxide (commonly known as genomorphine), the morphine-n-oxide derivatives, and any other pentavalent nitrogen morphine derivatives ; thebaine and its salts, and (with the exception of methylmorphine, commonly known as codeine, and ethylmorphine, commonly known as dionin, and their respective salts) benzylmorphine and the other ethers of morphine and their respective salts ; any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance containing any proportion of any of the substances mentioned in paragraph (g) or in paragraph (h) of this subsection. For the purpose of the foregoing provision the percentage in the case of morphine shall be calculated as in respect of anhydrous morphine. (2) If it appears to the Commissioner that an}- other derivative of morphine or cocaine, or of any salts of morphine or cocaine, or any other alkaloid of opium, or any other drug of whatever kind is or is likely to be productive, if improperly used, or is capable of being converted into a substance which is or is likely to be productive, if improperly used, of ill effects substantially of the same character or nature as or analogous to those produced by morphine or cocaine, he may by Proclamation declare that this 1'art of this Ordinance shall apply to that new derivative or alkaloid or other drug in the same m anner as it applies to the drugs mentioned in subsection (l) of this section, and he may by Proclamation make such verbal alterations in the list of the drugs to which this Part of this Ordinance applies as are incidental to the addition thereto of any new derivative or alkaloid or other drug as aforesaid. (3) If a finding with respect to any preparation containing any of the drugs to which this Part of this Ordinance applies has in pursuance of Article 8 of the Geneva Convention, 1925, been communicated by the Secretary General of the League of Nations to the

44 6 parties to the said Convention, the C om m issioner may by Proclam ation declare that the provisions of this Part of this Ordinance shall cease to apply to such preparation as from such date as may be specified in the Proclam ation. 5 E xcept under a n d in accordance w ith this O onesd e a C s r e g u la t io n s m ade thereunder or w i t h a licence granted by the rn dangerous C o m m is s io n e r no person s h a ll, w hether on his own behalf or on drugs. behalf of anv other person, w hether such other person be 111 the P r o t e c t o r a te or not, buy, se ll, supply, procure, or offer to s u p p ly or procuré from, to or for any other person, w hether such other oerson be in th e Protectorate or n o t, or 111 any way deal m or with, or offer *o deal in, or pretend to deal in, or have in his possession, or imdort or export, or do any act preparatory to or for the purpose of i m n o r t i n - or exporting, any dangerous drug, w hether such drug be in the P r o t e c t o r a te or elsewhere, a n d w hether it b e ascertained or a p p r o p r ia te d or in existence or not, and w hether it be intended that it should ne im ported into the Protectorate or not. 6 (l) It shall not be lawful for any person in the Protectorate Prohibition \ in or mallufacture for the purpose of trade any products?nnewedrss obtained from any of the phenanthrene alkaloids of opium or from and power to th ecgonine alkaloids of the coca leaf, not being a product which apply this ti,e thirteenth dav of July, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, wuho^mo- being used for medical or scientific purposes : difications to. certaindrugs. Provided that if the Commissioner is at any time satisfied as resoects anv such product that it is of medical or scientific value, he may be proclamation direct that this subsection shall cease to apply to that product. {2) If it is made to appear to the Commissioner that a decision with respect to anv such product as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section has in pursuance of Article 11 of the C e n tra Convention 1931, been communicated by the Secretary-Genei al of tki T l e u e V Nations to the parties to the said Convention, the^ Commissioner mav by Proclamation, as the case requires, either declare th'it the provisions of this Part shall apply to that product m the same manner as they apply to the drugs mentioned m subsection (1) of section 4 or applv this Part to that product with such modifications as may be specified In the Proclamation. (3) T he Com m issioner m ay be Proclam ation apply this w ith such modifications as may be specified in the proclamation, to anv of the following drugs, that is to say, m ethylm orphm e (commonly know n as codeine), ethylm orphine (commonly known as dionin) and their respective salts. P A R T IV. Import and Export. The export 7 (l) U pon the production of an im port certificate d u ly issued of dangerous. ^ conipetent authority in any country, it shall be lawful -drugs..

45 7 for the Secretary to the G overnm ent to issue an export authorization in the form B set out in the schedule hereto in respect of any drug referred to in the im port certificate to any person who is named as the exporter in such certificate, and is, under the provisions of this Ordinance, otherwise lawfully entitled to export such drug from the Protectorate. The export authorization shall be prepared in triplicate and two copies shall be issued to the exporter who shall send one copy with the drug to which it refers when such drug is exported. The Secretary to the Government shall send the third copy direct to the appropriate authority of the country of ultimate destination. W here the intended exportation is to a country which is not a party to the convention, it shall not be necessary to produce an import certificate as aforesaid. In all cases it shall be in the absolute discretion of the Secretary to the Government to issue or refuse an export authorization, as he may see fit. (2) No dangerous drugs shall be exported from the Protectorate unless the consigner is in possession of a valid and subsisting export authorization relating to such drug granted under this Ordinance. (3) At the time of exportation of any dangerous drug the exporter shall produce to the Treasurer and Chief of Customs the dangerous drug, the export authorization relating thereto, and such other evidence as the Treasurer and Chief of Customs may require to satisfy him that the drug is being lawfully exported to the place and person named in the authorization which refers to it. (4) No person shall export, cause to be exported, or take any steps preparatory to exporting any dangerous drug from the P rotectorate except in pursuance of and in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. 8. (l) An in p o rt authorization in the form C set out in the The import of dangerous schedule hereto perm itting the im portation into the Protectorate of drugs. any dangerous drug specified therein may be granted by the Secretary to the Government subject to such conditions as he shall deem fit to any person who may lawfully import such drug. (2) W here an im port authorization is issued in pursuance of Subsection (l) of this Section, the.secretary to the Government shall also issue, in relation to the dangerous drug intended to be imported, an import certificate (form A) which shall be forwarded by the intending importer to the person from whom the drug is to bs obtained. W hen the importer to whom an im port authorization is issued under this Section intends to im port the drag or drugs to which su:h authorization relates in more than one consignment, a separate import certificate shall be issued to him in respect of each such consignaient. (3) No dangerous drug shall be imported into the Protectorate unless the person to whom the drug is consigned is in possession of a valid and subsisting import authorization granted in pursuance of this section.

46 8 Dangerous drugs in transit. (4) Every dangerous drug imported into the Protectorate from a country which is a party to the Convention shall be avcompained by a valid and subsisting export authorisation or di version certificate. (5) N o person shall import, cause to be imported, or take any steps preparatory to importing, any dangerous drug into the Frotectorate except in pursuance of and in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. 9. (l) N o person shall bring any dangerous drug to the Pr tectorate in transit unless : (a) the drug is in course of transit from a country from which it may lawfully be exported, to another country into which such drug may lawfully be imported ; and, (b) except where the drug conies from a country not a party to the Convention, it is accompanied by a valid and subsisting export authorization or diversion certificate, as the case may be. (2) Where any dangerous drug in transit is accompani an export authorization or diversion certificate and the Treasurer and Chief of Customs has reasonable grounds for believing that such authorization or certificate is false, or that it has been obtained by fravd or wilful misrepresentation of a material paiticular, it shall be lawful for the Treasurer and Chief of Customs to seize and detain the drug to which such authorization or certificate relates. Upon being satisfied that such authorization or certificate is valid or has not been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation as aforesaid the Treasurer and Chief of Customs shall release the drug.,(3) Where the dangerous drug in transit is not accompanied by an export authorization or diversion certificate by reason of the fact that the drug conies from a country not a party to the Convention and the Treasurer and Chief of Customs has reasonable grounds fnr believing that such drug is being conveyed in an unlawful manner or for an unlawful purpose or is in course of transit for the purpose of being imported into another country in contravention of the laws of that country it shall be lawful for the Treasurer and Chief of Customs to seize and detain the drug, (4) Where a dangerous drug brought into the Protectorate in transit is landed, or transhipped in the Protectoiate, it shall remain under the control of the Tieasurer and Chief of Customs and shall be moved only under and in accordance with a removal licence granted in pursuance of Section 10 of this Ordinance. (5) No.hing in this section contained shall be deemed to apply to any dangerous drug in transit by post or in transit by air if the aircraft passes over the Protectorate without landing, or to such quantities of dangerous drugs as may, bova fide, reasonably form part of the médirai stores of any ship or aircraft.

47 9 10. (l) N o person shall (a) remove any dangerous drug from the conveyance by Removal which it is brought into the Protectorate in transit, or Iicet>ces. (b) in any way move any such drug in the Protectorate at any time after removal from such Conveyance, except under and in accordance with a licence (in the form D set out in the Schedule hereto and in this Ordinance referred to as a Removal Licence ) issued by the Treasurer and Chief of Customs. In all cases it shall be in the absolute discretion of the T reasurer and Chief of Customs to issue or refuse a removal licence as he shall deem fit. (2) No Removal Licence for the transfer of any such drug to any conveyance for removal out of the Protectorate shall be issued unless and until a vaiid and subsisting export authorization or diversion certificate relating to it is produced to the Secretary to the Government save that where the drug has come from a country not a party to the Convention this sub-section shall not apply. (3) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to dangerous drugs in transit by post. 11. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause any dangerous Drugs uot drug in transit to be subjected to any process which would alter its to be tampernature, or wilfully to open or break any package containing a ed with, daugerotts drug in transit except upon the instructions of the Treasurer and Vhief of Customs and in such manner as he may direct. 12. (l) INo person shall, except under the authority of a The diversion diversion certificate in the form E set out in the Schedule hereto, of dangerous cause or procure any dangerous drug brought into the Protectorate drugs. iu transit to be diverted to any destination other than that to which it was originally consigned. In the case of any drug in transit accompanied by an export authorization or a diversion certificate issued by a competent authority of some other country, the country to which the drug was originally consigned shall be deemed to be the country stated in such export authorization or diversion certificate to be the country of destination. (2) Tiie Secretary to the Governm ent may in his absolute" discretion issue a diversion certificate in respect of any dangerous drug in transit upon production to him of a valid and subsisting import certificate issued by a competent authority iu the country to which it is proposed to divert the drug, or if that country is not a party to the Convention upon such evidence as may satify him that the drug is to be sent in a lawful m anner and for a proper purpose. (3) A diversion certificate shall be issued iu duplicate ; one copy thereof shall accompany the drtig when it is exported from the Protectorate. Another copy shall be despatched by the" Secre-

48 10 tary to the Government direct to the proper authority in the country to which the consignment has been diverted. (4) Upon the issue of a diversion certificate the expo authorization or diversion certificate (if any) accompanying the drug on its arrival in the Protectorate shall be detained by the Secretary to the Government and returned to the authority issuing such authorization or diversion certificate together with a notifica tion of the name of the country to which such drug has been diverted. P A R T V. Miscellaneous. 13. There may be attached to any authority or licence granted under this Ordinance such conditions as the authority by7whom it is granted may think fit. Improper 1 4. When any dangerous drugs are, without proper authority, possession of f0uu(j jn possession of any person or deposited in a dwelling place, drugs.r U ship, vehicle, shop or store, such person or the occupier of such dwelling place, ship, vehicle, shop or store, unless he can prove that the same were deposited there without his knowledge or consent, and also the owner of, or other person guilty of keeping, the dangerous drugs, shall be guilty of an offence. Penalty for 15. Any person contravening or failing to comply with any conviction- Qf tlie provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulations made under this Ordinance, or the conditions of any certificate, authorization licence or authority granted under this Ordinance, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand rupees or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding ten years or to both such fine and imprisonment, and the Court may order any drug in respect of which an offence against this Ordinance has been committed to be forfeited to His Majesty : Provided that a District Court shall not impose a penalty greater than may be imposed in the exercise of its ordinary jurisdiction. Accomplices. 16. (l) Whoever attempts to commit, or aids o r abets in the commission of, any offence against this Ordinance or solicits or incites another person to commit such an offence shall be liable to the same punishment and forfeiture as if he had committed such offence. (2) Any person who in this Protectorate aids, abets, co or procures or attempts to piocure the commission in any place out side this Protectorate of any offence punishable under the provisions of any corresponding law in force in that place, or does any act preparatory to, or in furtherance of, any act which if committed in this Protectorate would constitute an offence against this Ordinance, shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.

49 It shall be lawful for a District Officer in charge of a District, if satisfied by information on oath that any dangerous drug is being unlawfully kept, conveyed, landed, or sold in contravention of this Ordinance at any place, whether a building or not, or in any ship not being or having the status of a ship of war, or in any vehicle, to grant a warrant to enter at any time, and if needs "be by foice, on Sundays as well as other da\s, the place, ship or vehicie named in such warrant, and every pnrt thereof, and to examine the same, and to search for dangerotis drugs unlawfully kept therein, and to demand from the owner or occupier thereof the production of the authority for being in possession of the same. 18. When the officer or other person executing such warrants has resona'ile cause to believe that any dangerous drug found by him in any such place, ship or vehicle, is being kept, conveyed, landed or sold in contravention of this Ordinance, he may seize and detain the same until the Court has decided whether the same is liable to be lorfeited or not. Seizure of dangerous drugs. Proceedings shall be commenced as soon as possible after the seizure. 19. N >person acting under the aforementioned warrant shall be liable to any suit for seizing or detaining any dangerous drug. 20. It shall be lawful for the Commissioner to make such rules as he may consider expedient for the better carrying out of ths provisions of this Ordinance, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, for the regulation of the importation, landing, storage, withdrawal or conveyance o: licensing of any dangerous drug imported into the Protectorate, or for prohibiting, restricting or regulating the exportation thereof, and any person contravening or failing to comply with any rule made under this Section shall, on conviction before a District Court, be liable for every offence to a penalty not exceeding one hundred rupees or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a perio.i not exceeding six months. 21. 'l'he Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (.Chapter 55 of the Revised E d itio n of the Laws) and the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment). Ordinance ( Xo. 2 of 1931 ) are hereby repealed. Protection of Offices from action. Search Warrant. Commissioner may make rules.

50 12 SC H E D U L E. FORM A (Section 8 (2) ), IM PO RT C E R T IF IC A T E issued by Government of the Somaliland. Serial No.,. File N o... H ere inser t name address and business of importer. IN T E R N A T IO N A L O PIU M CO N VEN TIO N S. Certificate of Official Approval of Import. I, being the person charged with the administration of the la relating to dangerous drugs to which the International Opium Conventions apply, hereby certify that I have approved the impor. tat ion by* +Here insert exact description and am ount cf drugs to be Imp, tted, ^ {Here in- fro m + sert name and address of firm in exporting country from which the drug is to be subject to the conditions that obtained. ( i ) the consignment shall be imported before the : and (ii) the consignment shall h; imported by......and that I am satisfied t lat the consignment proposed to be imported is required solely for medicinal or scientific purposes. ( Date ) ( Signature and stamp of the Secretary to the Government.) T H IS D O C U M E N T IS SO LELY FO R PRODUCTION TO T H E G O V E R N M E N T O F T H E C O U NT R Y FROM W H IC H T H E D R U G IS PRO PO SED TO BE O BTAINED.

51 13 FORM B. (Section 7 (l) ). Serial No, File N o... Applicant s Ref ce. No... D A N G E R O U S D R U G S O R D INANC E, Export Authorization. In pursuance of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1934, the Secretary to the Government hereby authorizes (hereinafter called the exporter ) to export from (1)* the port of by S.S. Strike out words a ot (2)* Somaliland by Parcel Post in parcels from applicabi,>' the Post Office in to in virtue of Import Certficate N o... dated issued by the following drugs, namely : This authorization is issued subject to the following conditions: 1. This authorization is not a licence to obtain or be in possession of the drugs named herein. 2. This authorization is available only for drugs of the exact quantity, kind and form specified above. 3. This authorization does not relieve the exporter from compliance with any Customs regulations in force for the time being relating to the exportation of goods from Somaliland nor from any

52 14 provisions of the Indian Post Office Act, or of any Post Office Regulations for the time being in force, nor from any rules or regulations respecting the transmission of articles by post which may for the time being be in force, whether within Somaliland or elsewhere. 4. If the drugs are authorized to be exported by ship the Duplicate Copy, which is attached, shall accompany the consignment to the place of destination, and for this purpose the exporter shall cause it to be delivered to the Master of the vessel by which the consignment is despatched, (See footnote (3) ). 5. If the drugs are authorised to be exported by post the attached Duplicate Copy shall be placed inside the outer wrapper of the parcel containing the drugs. If the drugs are contained in more than one parcel, the Duplicate Copy shall be placed inside the outer wrapper of one of them ; the parcels shall be consecutively numbered on the outer wrapper, and on each parcel there shall be legibly stated the number of the parcel in which the Duplicate Copy is to be found.. ( See footnote (2) ). 6. The exporter, if so required by the Treasurer and Chief of Customs, shall produce to him, within such time as lie may allow, proof to his satisfaction that the said drugs wêre duly delivered at the destination named in this authorization and in the event of non-compliance with this condition the authorization shall be deemed void and of no effect. 7. The exporter shall furnish to the Secretary to the Covernment such returns of the goods exported by him in pursuance of this authorization as may from time to time be required. 8. This authorization is valid only for the exporter named above and miy bs revoked at an z time by the Secretary to the Government. It shall be produced for inspection when required by any du'y authorized person. Strike out 'he words not applicable. 9. This authorization, unless sooner revoked, shall continue in force for three calendar months from the date hereof. It must h i produced, at the time of export, to an officer of (1)'1" the Customs Department, (2)* the Post Office, who will retain it.

53 15 If not used it shall be surrendered to the Secretary to the G overnm ent within seven days of the date of its expiry. (Date) ( Signature and stamp of the Secretary to the Government). NOTE (1) If any alteration is desired in this authorization it must be returned with a request for amendment and a statement of the reasons therefor. No unauthorized alteration is permissible. (2) In the case of drugs exported by post failure to comply with this condilion may lead to delay or confiscation of the parcels in the country of destination. (3) In the case of drugs exported by ship this document is required in pursuance of the International Opium Convention, 1925, Article 15, to be produced to the competent authorities of any country through which the consignment passes, whether it is transhipped or not. Failure to comply with the condition may lead to delay or confiscation of the consignment.

54 16 FORM U. (Section 8 (l) ), Authorization N o... File N o... D A N G E R O U S D R U G S O R D IN A N C E, Import Authorization. In pursuance of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1934, (hereinafter called the Ordinance ), the Secretary to the Government hereby authorizes Here insert name and full postal address of importer, ( hereinafter called the importer ) to import the drugs specified in the Schedule hereto, from. Here insert name and full postal address of exporter. Tnis authorization is issued subject to the following conditions : 1. The drugs shall be imported before {date). 2. This authorization is not a licence to be in possession of or to supply the drug imported. 3. This authorization does not relieve the importer from compliance with any Customs regulations in force for the time being relating to the importation of goons into or transhipment of goods in Somaliland, or any Post Office rsgulations for the time being in force in Somaliland. 4. This authorization is valid only for the importer and may be revoked at any time by the Secretary to the Government, to whom it shall in that event be immediately surrendered. It shall be produced for inspection when required by any duly authorized person. 5. This authorization unless sooner revoked shall be produced to the Customs Officer at the time of importation and shall be surrendered to the Customs Officer at the time when the last consignment of drugs is imported.

55 17 6. If the importation of all the drugs specified in the Schedule is not effected before the date specified in condition No. 1 this authorization shall immediate!)' after that date be surrendered to the Secretary to the Government. 7. The copy of the export authorization, if any, which accompanies the drugs shall be forwarded to the Secretary to the Government immediately the importation of the drugs has been effected. (Signature and stamp of the Secretary... to the Government.) (Date) SCHEDULE specifying the drugs and quantities thereof to be imported: TH IS A U T H O R IZ A T IO N IS N O T TO L E A V E T H E POSSESSION OF T H E IM PORTER U N T IL IT IS SU R RENDERED TO T H E SE C R E T A R Y TO T H E G O V E R N MENT OR TO T H E CUSTOM S O FFIC E R, who will complete the certificate on the back and return the Authorization to the Secretary to the Government.

56 E N D O R S E M E N T BY C U ST O M S O F F IC E R at the lime of Importation. Date. Description of drugs imported. Number and date of Export Authorization. Quantity How impoited. I 1 Customs entry, 1 Signature mark and or station of Parcel No. Customs Officer. l e.g., ex...(in the case of a ship), or by registered parcel post or by insured box post. I 1 I 1 ' T h is Ax,,.,,,ion. «I»»u f t. *» *.,o «M * tt r e la te have b=,n im,= =,!. b,,. «! b,». < *»»» to the Secretary to the Government. Officer

57 19 FO R M I). (Section 10 {1 ) ). D A N G ER O U S DRUGS O R D IN A N C E Licence for the removal of dangerous drugs in transit....is hereby authoiized to move the dangerous drugs described hereunder from... to... Nature and quantity of dangerous drugs... Particulars of export authorization ( or diversion certificate) if any relating thereto... Name of ship on which the drugs were brought into the Protectorate... Date of arrival... Number of packages... Marks and numbers on p a c k a g e s... This licence is issued subject to the following conditions: (1) This licence is valid only for the removal of the drugs specified above. (2) The removal of the drugs shall take place between... a.m., a.m.. ami... on the p.m. p.m. (3) If the removal of the drugs does not take place within the hours and on the day specified, this licence must be returned to the Secretary to the Government forthwith ; and in any case shall be surrendered when the removal has taken place. (4) The drugs must not be moved unless an officer of the Customs Department is present. (5) This licence does not authorize the person named ;ibove to be in possession of the drugs otherwise than for the purpose of removing them in accordance with this licence. (6) The packages containing the drugs are not to be opened or broken in the course of the removal.

58 20 (7) This licence shall be produced at any time when requir by duly authorized person. (Date). ( Signature and stamp of the Treasurer and Chief of Customs).

59 21 FORM E. (Section 12 (l) ). IN T E R N A T IO N A L OPIUM C O N V E N T IO N S. Diversion Certificate. I, being the person charged with the administration of the law relating to the dangerous drugs to which the International Opium Conventions apply, hereby certify that I have authorized the diversion of the consignment of drugs, of which particulars are given below, to the destination stated below. Description and quantities of drugs... Name of vessel on which the consignment was brought to Somaliland Name and address of the exporter Number and date of export authorization and authority by whom issued... Name and address of original consignee named in the export authorization... Name and address of consignee to whom the consignment is authorised to be diverted... Number and date of import certificate (and authority by whom issued) by virtue of which this diversion is authorized... Name of vessel on which the consignment is authorized to be fnrried from Somaliland Period within which the consignment is to be carried from the Protectorate... This certificate is issued subject to the following conditions : (1) The duplicate copy of this certificate shall accompany the consignment to the place of destination, and for this purpose shall be delivered to the Master of the vessel by which the cgnsigntrent is despatched.

60 i 22 (2) This certificate does not relieve any person who may be con. cemed with the carriage of the consignment of drugs specified above from compliance with any Customs regulations in force for the time being relating to the exportation of goods from Somaliland. (3) This certificate is valid only for the consignment and for the period specified above, and may be revoked at any time. (4) If the consignment of drugs is not carried from Somaliland within the period specified above, this certificate shall be surrendered to the Secretary to the Government. (5) This certificate shall be produced at any time when required by a duly authorized person. (Date). (Signature and stamp of the Secretary to the Government). NOTE : (l) If any alteration is desired in this authorization, it must be returned with a request for amendment and a statement for the reasons therefor. No unauthorized alteration is permissible. (2) This document is required in pursuance of the International Opium Convention, 1925, Article 15, to be produced to the competent authorities of any country through which the consignment passes, whether it is transhipped or not. Failure to comply with the condition may lead to delay or confiscation of the consignment.