S.L. 31.18 Art. 5Possession of specified drugs.        Cap. 31.

(1) No person, unless duly authorised, may have in his possession any specified drug.

(2) For the purpose of this regulation, a person shall be deemed to be duly authorised if his name is entered in the Medical Register, in the Register of Dental Surgeons, or in the Veterinary Surgeons’

Register, or if he is a managing apothecary, or is in possession of a licence issued by the Superintendent under article 89 of the

Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, or has obtained such drug in virtue of a medical prescription, or otherwise in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations:

Provided that, in respect of a person authorised in virtue of a medical prescription, such prescription shall not be deemed to be valid if, at the time of the receipt of the prescription, such person was under the treatment of another medical practitioner and had been receiving such specified drugs in virtue of a prescription from this other medical practitioner and had not informed the prescriber of this fact.