Dangerous Drugs Act 1952
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| Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 | |
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| Citation | Act 234 |
| Territorial extent | Throughout Malaysia |
| Enacted | 1952 (Ordinance No. 30 of 1952) Revised: 1980 (Act 234 w.e.f 17 July 1980) |
| Effective | [Peninsular Malaysia—1 November 1952, L.N. 554/1952; Sabah and Sarawak—1 June 1978, P.U. (A) 157/1978] |
| Related legislation | |
| Deleterious Drugs Ordinance [S.S. Cap. 190] Chandu Revenue Ordinance [S.S. Cap. 223] Opium and Chandu Enactment [F.M.S. Cap. 134] Deleterious Drugs Enactment [F.M.S. Cap. 183] Deleterious Drugs Enactment [Johore Enact. No. 96] Opium and Chandu Enactment [Johore Enact. No. 111] Enactment No. 29 (Deleterious Drugs) [Kedah Enact. No. 3 of 1348] Chandu Enactment [Kedah Enact. No. 8 of 1356] Opium and Chandu Enactment 1928 [Kelantan Enact. No. 15 of 1928] Deleterious Drugs Enactment [Kelantan Enact. No. 15 of 1938] Chandu Enactment [Trengganu Enact. No. 2 of 1352] Deleterious Drugs Enactment [Trengganu Enact. No. 62 of 1356] Chandu Enactment 1356 [Perlis Enact. No. 10 of 1356] Deleterious Drugs Enactment [Perlis Enact. No. 2 of 1348] Opium and Chandu Proclamation [B.M.A. Proclamation No. 49] Poisons and Deleterious Drugs Ordinance [Sabah Cap. 100] Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [Sarawak Cap. 119] Poisons Ordinance [Sarawak Cap. 121] | |
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| Dangerous drug | |
| Status: In force | |
The Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Malay: Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952), is a Malaysian law which was enacted to make further and better provision for the regulation of the importation, exportation, manufacture, sale, and use of opium and certain other dangerous drugs and substances, to make special provision relating to the jurisdiction of courts in respect of offences thereunder and their trial, and for purposes connected therewith.
Structure
The Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, in its current form (1 January 2006), consists of 6 Parts containing 50 sections and 3 schedules (including 47 amendments).
- Part I: Interpretation and Definitions
- Part II: Control of Raw Opium, Coca Leaves, Poppy-Straw and Cannabis
- Part III: Control of Prepared Opium, Cannabis and Cannabis Resin
- Part IV: Control of Certain Dangerous Drugs
- Part V: Control of External Trade
- Part VI: Ancillary and General Provisions
- Schedules
References
External links
- Dangerous Drugs Act 1952
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