he is the Director-General: Welfare who acquires, buys or sells any such substance in accordance with the requirements of the Medicines Act or any regulation made thereunder; [Sub-para. (ii) amended by s. 4 of Act No. 18 of 1996.
[S. 7 repealed by s. 79 (b) of Act No. 121 of 1998.
Designated officers.-For the purposes of this Chapter, every commissioned officer of the South African Police Service assigned to the South African Narcotics Bureau shall be a designated officer.
[S. 8 amended by s. 4 of Act No. 18 of 1996.
[Sub-s. (1) substituted by s. 79 (b) of Act No. 121 of 1998.
subject to the conditions, if any, determined by any such Minister, authority, board, institution, body or person.
entertainment or at the nearest police station, as the case may be; and he may have available regarding the person in respect of whom the suspicion exists.
any financial instrument trader as defined in of the Financial Markets Control Act, 1989 (), [Para. (b) substituted by s. 45 (2) (b) of Act No. 37 of 2002.
as soon as possible report his suspicion to any designated officer; and at the request of that designated officer, furnish the said officer with such particulars as he may have available regarding the person from whom that property has been acquired.
No obligation as to secrecy and no other restriction on the disclosure of any information as to the affairs or business of a customer or client, whether imposed by any law, the common law or any agreement, shall affect any obligation incurred by virtue of the provisions of subsection (2) or (3).
request the master, pilot or owner of any vessel or aircraft to sail or to fly any such vessel or aircraft, or to cause it to be sailed or flown, to such harbour or airport as may be indicated by the police official.
Interrogation of persons under warrant of apprehension.-(1) Whenever it appears to a magistrate from information submitted to him on oath by the attorney-general concerned, or by any public prosecutor authorized thereto in writing by that attorneygeneral, that there are reasonable grounds for believing that any person is withholding any inform- ation as to a drug offence, whether the drug offence has been or is likely to be committed in the Republic or elsewhere, from that attorney-general, any such public prosecutor or any police official, as the case may be, he may issue a warrant for the arrest and detention of any such person.
Any person detained in terms of this section may at any time make repres- entations in writing to the magistrate relating to his detention or release.
to a person indicated by that detainee.
For the purposes of this section "magistrate" includes an additional magistrate.
contravenes a provision of section 5 (b), shall be guilty of an offence.
No prosecution shall be instituted in respect of an offence referred to in subsection (1) without the written authority of the attorney-general concerned.
Offences relating to powers of police officials.
shall be guilty of an offence.
in the case of an offence referred to in section 13 (b) or (d), 14 or 15, to such fine as the court may deem fit to impose, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 years, or to both such fine and such imprisonment; and in the case of an offence referred to in section 13 (f), to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 25 years, or to both such imprisonment and such fine as the court may deem fit to impose.
Presumptions relating to health matters.
whether any drug has been acquired or bought in terms of any oral instruction or prescription in writing of a medical practitioner, veterinarian, dentist or practitioner, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that such drug has not been acquired or bought in terms of any such instruction or prescription.
If in the prosecution of any person for an offence referred to in section 13 (e) or (f) it is proved that the accused was found in possession of a quantity of drugs which exceeds the quantity of such drugs which the accused could have acquired or bought for medicinal purposes in terms of a particular oral instruction or a particular prescription in writing of a medical practitioner, veterinarian, dentist or practitioner, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the accused dealt in such drugs.
Presumption relating to possession of drugs.-If in the prosecution of any person for an offence under this Act it is proved that any drug was found in the immediate vicinity of the accused, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the accused was found in possession of such drug.
"school grounds", in relation to a school, means land, whether it is contiguous or not, buildings or accommodation, sporting or other facilities used for or in connection with the activities of the school.
that he acquired that property in good faith; and that the circumstances under which he acquired that property were not of such a nature that he could reasonably have been expected to have suspected that it was the proceeds of a defined crime.
Presumption relating to reporting of information.
For the purposes of subsection (1) (b) the fact that an employer or principal forbade an act or omission of the kind in question shall not by itself be regarded as sufficient that he took all reasonable steps to prevent such an act or omission.
Interests of third parties.
that he did not know that the animal, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, container or article in question was used or would be used as contemplated in the said paragraph (b), or that the immovable property in question was used or would be used as contemplated in the said paragraph (c), as the case may be; or that he could not prevent such use.
Any person aggrieved by a determination made by the court under subsection (2), may appeal against the determination as if it were a conviction by the court making the determination, and such appeal may be heard either separately or jointly with an appeal against the conviction as a result of which the declaration of forfeiture was made, or against a sentence imposed as a result of such conviction.
[Chapter V repealed by of.
54 to 62 inclusive. . . . . ..
Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2.
otherwise amend that Schedule.
Jurisdiction of magistrate's courts.
[S. 65 repealed by s. 36 of Act No. 75 of 1996.
Schedule 1 amended by Government Notice No. R.344 of 13 March 1998, by Government Notice No.
Norephedrine, including its optical isomers.
R.760 of 11 June 1999 and by Government Notice No. R.521 of 15 June 2001.
The following substances, namely- Amobarbital, cyclobarbital and pentobarbital, except preparations and mixtures containing not more than 30 milligrams per minimum recommended or prescribed dose when intended for continued use in asthma or containing not more than 50 milligrams per minimum recommended or prescribed dose when intended for continued use in epilepsy. Buprenorphine. Butalbital. Cathine ((+)-norpseudoephedrine), except preparations and mixtures containing 50 milligrams or less of cathine per dosage unit. Chlorphentermine. Diethylpropion (amfepramone). Flunitrazepam. Gluthethimide. Meptazinol. Pentazocine.
The following substances or plants, namely- Acetorphine.
described as chlorodyne, except preparations and mixtures containing not more than 5,0 per cent of chloro- dyne in combination with other active medicinal substances.
Coca leaf and any salt, compound, derivative or preparation of coca leaf, and any salt, compound, derivative or preparation thereof that is chemically equivalent or identical to any of these substances, whether obtained directly or indirectly by extraction from material or substances obtained from plants, or obtained independently by chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, except decocainized coca leaf and extractions of coca leaf where such extractions contain no cocaine or ecgonine.
milligrams of difenoxin, calculated as the base, and a quantity of atropine sulphate equal to at least 5,0 per cent of the quantity of difenoxin, calculated as the base, which is present in the mixture.
Ecgonine and the esters and derivatives thereof which are convertible to ecgonine and cocaine.
Morphine-N-oxide and the derivatives thereof.
combination of extraction and chemical synthesis.
Pethidine, pethidine-intermediate A, pethidine-intermediate B and pethidine-intermediate C.
pholcodine per recommended or prescribed dose.
all preparations and mixtures of the specified substances or plants and of the isomers, esters, ethers and salts referred to in this paragraph.
Undesirable Dependence-Producing Substances tetrahydrocannabinol]. Cathinone. Dexamphetamine. Diethyltryptamine [3-(2-(diethylamino)-ethyl)-indole;cb. 2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine (DMA). 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylamphetamine (DOET).
Psilocybin (4-phosphoryloxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine).
The next-of-kin or the funeral undertaker must then submit the documentation to any Home Affairs office (or if there is no Home Affairs office in the area, to any branch of the SAPS) for issuing of a burial order and further processing of the registration documentation.