### Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 《危險藥物條例》

54AC. Amendment of Seventh Schedule
The Chief Executive in Council may by order published in the Gazette amend the Seventh Schedule but any order to amend that Schedule shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.
(Added 68 of 2000 s. 2)

55. Dangerous drugs forfeited by law
Any dangerous drug in respect of which an offence under this Ordinance is being or has been committed, and any dangerous drug in transit—
(a) which was accompanied, when it was brought into Hong Kong, by a false export authorization or diversion certificate or by an export authorization or diversion certificate which was obtained by fraud or by the wilful misrepresentation or omission of a material particular; or
(b) which, not being accompanied by an export authorization or diversion certificate when it was brought into Hong Kong, was being conveyed for an unlawful purpose or was in transit for the purpose of being imported into another country in contravention of the laws of that country,
shall, with effect from the seizure thereof under section 52, be forfeited to the Government.
(Amended 13 of 1999 s. 3)

56. Forfeiture of articles, etc., used in connection with offence
(1) A court may (whether or not any person has been convicted of such offence) order to be forfeited to the Government—
(a) any money or thing (other than premises, a ship exceeding 250 gross tons, an aircraft or a train) which has been used in the commission of or in connection with;
(b) any money or other property received or possessed by any person as the result or product of,
an offence under this Ordinance or a drug trafficking offence within the meaning of the Drug Trafficking (Recovery of Proceeds) Ordinance (Cap. 405). (Amended 89 of 1995 s. 36)
(2) An order under subsection (1) for the forfeiture of a thing may include a term permitting a specified person or persons to redeem such thing on such conditions, including conditions as to the payment of the value or a proportion of the value thereof to the Government, as the court may think fit.
(3) The court may require that notice of an application for forfeiture under subsection (1) shall be given in such manner as it thinks fit.
(4) The Chief Executive in Council may, in his absolute discretion and after any proceedings under this Ordinance are concluded, entertain and give effect to any moral claim to or in respect of any money, thing or other property which has been forfeited to the Government.
(Amended 13 of 1999 s. 3)

### Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 《危險藥物條例》

57. Protection of informers
(1) Save as provided in subsection (2)—
(a) no information for an offence under this Ordinance shall be admitted in evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding; and
(b) no witness in any civil or criminal proceeding shall be obliged—
(i) to disclose the name or address of any informer who has given information to the police with respect to an offence under this Ordinance or of any person who has assisted the police in any way with respect to such an offence; or
(ii) to answer any question if the answer thereto would lead, or would tend to lead, to discovery of the name or address of such informer or person,
if, in either case, such informer or person is not himself a witness in such proceeding,
and, if any books, documents or papers which are in evidence or liable to inspection in any civil or criminal proceeding contain an entry in which any such informer or person is named or described or which might lead to his discovery, the court shall cause all such passages to be concealed from view or to be obliterated so far as may be necessary to protect the informer or such person from discovery.
(2) If in any proceeding before a court for an offence under this Ordinance the court, after full inquiry into the case, is satisfied that an informer wilfully made a material statement which he knew or believed to be false or did not believe to be true, or if in any other proceeding a court is of opinion that justice cannot be fully done between the parties thereto without disclosure of the name of an informer or a person who has assisted the police, the court may permit inquiry and require full disclosure concerning the informer or such person.

58. Power of Chief Executive to give directions
(1) The Chief Executive may give to any public officer, other than a judge, a District Judge or a magistrate, such directions as he thinks fit with respect to the exercise or performance of his powers, functions or duties under this Ordinance, either generally or in any particular case.
(2) A public officer shall, in the exercise or performance of his powers, functions or duties under this Ordinance, comply with any directions given by the Chief Executive under subsection (1).
(Amended 13 of 1999 s. 3)

### Pesticides Regulations 《除害劑規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Pesticides Regulations.
(L.N. 422 of 1990)

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
label (標籤) means any statement forming part of or affixed to a container in which a pesticide is sold, supplied or transported; (L.N. 422 of 1990)
licensee (持牌人) means the holder of a licence;
permittee (持證人) means the holder of a permit;
specified fee (指明費用), in relation to a matter, means the fee specified in the Schedule in respect of that matter. (L.N. 422 of 1990)

3. Application for registration of pesticide
(1) An application under section 5 of the Ordinance for the registration of a pesticide shall be in a form approved by the Director and shall contain, or be accompanied by, the following—
(a) the trade name, chemical name and the common name, if any, by which the pesticide is known and under which it is to be sold;
(b) a statement of the composition of the pesticide including all ingredients, and the chemical identities of the active ingredients including their stability in storage;
(c) adequate data on the toxicology and efficacy of the pesticide supported by reports on biological tests from experimental stations of a standing acceptable to the Director;
(d) instructions on the manner in which the pesticide is to be used together with the precautionary measures to be taken when applying the pesticide;
(e) in the case of a pesticide to be used on food crops, the recommended time interval between the last application and harvesting of the crop;
(f) the antidote and first-aid action to be taken in the case of poisoning;
(g) methods of analysis of the formulated compound;
(h) methods for determination of the residues of the pesticide;
(i) such other information relating to the efficacy or safety of the pesticide as may be required by the Director; and
(j) the specified fee. (L.N. 422 of 1990)
(2) The applicant shall supply the Director with such samples of the pesticide as he may require.
(3) A separate application for registration shall be made in respect of each pesticide.
(L.N. 422 of 1990)