Dangerous Drugs and Poisons (Amendment) Act 1923
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1923 c. 5 |
| Year | 1923 |
Dangerous Drugs and Poisons (Amendment) Act, 1923
(13 & 14 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 5.
An Act to amend the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920, and section seventeen of the Pharmacy Act, 1868, and to prescribe the method of calculating percentages in liquid preparations for the purpose of the Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908, and the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920.
[17th May 1923]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Amendment of s. 10 of Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920.
(1) The following subsection shall be inserted in section ten of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920 thereof:—
(1A)‘(1a ) If a justice of the peace (or in Scotland either a justice of the peace or a sheriff) is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that any drugs to which this Act applies are, in contravention of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder, in the possession or under the control of any person in any premises, or that any document directly or indirectly relating to or connected with any transaction or dealing which was, or any intended transaction or dealing which would if carried out be, an offence against this Act, or in the case of a transaction or dealing carried out or intended to be carried out in any place outside Great Britain, an offence against the provisions of any corresponding law in force in that place, is in the possession or under the control of any person in any premises, he may grant a search warrant authorising any constable named in the warrant, at any time or times within one month from the date of the warrant, to enter, if need be by force, the premises named in the warrant, and to search the premises and any persons found therein, and, if there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence against this Act has been committed in relation to any such drugs which may be found in the premises or in the possession of any such persons, or that any document which may be so found is such a document as aforesaid, to seize and detain those drugs or that document, as the case may be.’
(2) The words ‘any books or documents’ shall be substituted for the words ‘any books’ in subsection (1) of the said section ten, and the words, ‘any such books, stocks, drugs, or documents’ shall be substituted for the words ‘any such books or stocks’ in subsection (2) of that section.
2 Amendment of s. 13 of Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920.
(1) The following subsections shall be substituted for subsections (1) and (2) of section thirteen of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920:—
(1) Any person—
(a ) who acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, any regulation made under this Act; or
(b ) who acts in contravention of or fails to comply with, the conditions of any licence issued or authority granted under or in pursuance of this Act; or
(c ) who for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or for any other person, the issue, grant or renewal of any such licence or authority as aforesaid, makes any declaration or statement which is false in any particular, or knowingly utters, produces or makes use of any such declaration or statement or any document containing the same; or
(d ) who in Great Britain aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission in any place outside Great Britain 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 Great Britain would constitute an offence against this Act;
shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.’
(2) Every person guilty of an offence against this Act shall, in respect of each offence, be liable—
(a ) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding one thousand pounds, or to penal servitude for a period not exceeding ten years, or to both such fine and penal servitude; or
(b ) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty pounds, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to both such fine and imprisonment;
and shall, in every case on conviction for the offence, forfeit to His Majesty all articles in respect of which the offence was committed, and the court before...
To continue reading
Request your trial