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Poisons, Opium And Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act (No. 13 of 1984) - Sect 2

Replacement of section 28 and 29 of Chapter 549. [ 2,13 of 1984]

2. Sections 28 and 29 of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the "principal enactment ") are hereby repealed and the following sections substituted therefor :
28. No poppy plant, coca plant, or hemp plant, or seeds, pods, leaves, flowers, or any pan of any such plant or any preparation thereof, shall be imported or brought into or exported from Sri Lanka.
29. Except as provided for in Chapters IV and V hereafter, no person shall collect, prepare, process, sell or offer for sale, manufacture, store, obtain or have in his possession, consume, distribute or use
(a) any resin obtained from the hemp plant for the preparations or extracts from the hemp plant commonly known as bhang, hashish or ganja or any other preparation of which such resin forms apart;
(b) any exudate obtained from the poppy plant or the preparation of or extracts from the poppy plant commonly known as opium, morphine, heroin or any other preparations of which such resin forms a part, and
(c) any preparations, alkaloids and salts from the coca plant.".


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