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(2) If any person—

(a) has in his possession any pipe or other utensil for use in
connection with the smoking of prepared opium, or any
utensil used in the preparation of opium for smoking or
consumption otherwise; or

(b) smokes or otherwise consumes prepared opium or frequents
any place or places used for the purpose of smoking or
otherwise consuming prepared opium,

he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable
on conviction to a fine not exceeding *five thousand ringgit or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding *two years or to both.

(3) In this section “consume” with its grammatical variations
means eat, chew, smoke, swallow, drink, inhale, or introduce into
the body in any manner or by any means whatsoever.

PART IV

CONTROL OF CERTAIN DANGEROUS DRUGS

Extent of application of Part IV

11. (1) This Part applies to dangerous drugs listed in Parts III, IV
and V of the First Schedule.

(2) If it appears to the Minister that any other derivative of
cocaine or morphine or of any salts of cocaine or morphine or of
any other alkaloid of opium or any other drug of whatever kind
or any substance whatever is or is likely to be productive, if
improperly used, or is capable of being converted into a substance
which is, or is likely to be productive, if improperly used, of ill
effects substantially of the same character or nature as or analogous
to those produced by cocaine or morphine, the Minister may by
order declare that this Part shall apply to that derivative or alkaloid
or other drug or that substance in the same manner as it applies
to the drugs mentioned in subsection (1).

(3) The Minister may by order amend Parts III, IV and V of
the First Schedule by including therein any drug or substance in
respect of which an order has been made under subsection (2) or
by removing therefrom any drug or substance which has been
exempted from the provisions of this Act by an order or regulations
made under section 45.
*NOTE—Previously “two thousand ringgit” and “one year imprisonment”–see Dangerous Drugs
(Amendment) Act 1972 [Act A112].