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10 Laws of Malaysia ACT 234

“prepared opium” means the substance commonly called candu
and means opium prepared or re-prepared so as to be suitable for
smoking or consumption otherwise and includes dross and any
other residues remaining after such opium has been smoked;

“Protocol” means the Protocol on Narcotic Drugs signed at Lake
Success, New York, on 11 December 1946;

“raw opium” means the coagulated juice obtained from any
plant from which morphine may be produced, whatever its content
of morphine and in whatever form the coagulated juice is, but does
not include medicinal opium;

“registered dentist” means a dental practitioner as defined in
subsection 2(1) of the Dental Act 1971 [Act 51];

“registered dental surgeon” means a dental surgeon as defined
in subsection 2(1) of the Dental Act 1971;

“registered medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner
registered under the Medical Act 1971 [Act 50];

“registered pharmacist” means a pharmacist registered under
any written law relating to the registration of pharmacists, and
includes, in Sabah or Sarawak, a person holding a qualification
recognized by the Director of Medical Services in Sabah or Sarawak,
as the case may be, as a sufficient guarantee of the possession of
the requisite knowledge and skill for the efficient practice of the
profession of a pharmacist;
“ship” includes every description of ship, boat or craft used in
navigation, whether propelled by oars or otherwise, or used for the
carriage or storage of goods;

“Single Convention” means the Single Convention on Narcotic
Drugs signed at New York on 30 March 1961;

“subordinate court” has the meaning assigned thereto in
section 3 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 [Act 91];

“syringe” means any instrument suitable for the administration
of hypodermic injections;

“trafficking” includes the doing of any of the following acts,
that is to say, manufacturing, importing, exporting, keeping,
concealing, buying, selling, giving, receiving, storing, administering,