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“in transit” means taken or sent from any country and brought
into Malaysia by land, air or water (whether or not landed or
transhipped in Malaysia) for the sole purpose of being carried to
another country either by the same or another conveyance;

“licensed pharmacist” means a registered pharmacist who is the
holder of a Type A Licence issued under the Poisons Act 1952
[Act 366];

“manufacture”, in relation to a dangerous drug, includes—

(a) the making, producing, compounding and assembling of
the drug;

(b) the making, producing, compounding and assembling a
preparation of the drug;
(c) the refining or transformation of the drug into another
dangerous drug; and
(d) any process done in the course of the foregoing activities;

“medicinal opium” means raw opium which has undergone the
processes necessary to adapt it for medicinal use in accordance
with the requirements of the British Pharmacopoeia, whether in
powder form or granulated or otherwise, or mixed with neutral
materials;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility
for medical and health services;

“offence under this Act” includes an offence under any regulation
made under this Act;

“opium poppy” means any plant from which morphine may be
produced;

“Peninsular Malaysia” has the meaning assigned thereto in section
3 of the Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 [Act 388], and includes
the *Federal Territory;

“poppy-straw” means all parts except the seeds of the opium
poppy, after mowing;
“premises” includes any house, shop, store, room, cubicle, shed,
conveyance, or any place whether open or enclosed;

*NOTE—Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Labuan are included–see P.U. (A) 220/1985.
For Putrajaya see section 1 of Act A1095.