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18 Laws of Malaysia ACT 234

(2) For the purpose of this section, “consumes” includes eat,
chew, smoke, swallow, drink, inhale or introduce into the body in
any manner or by any means whatsoever.

Control of manufacture and sale of certain dangerous
drugs

16. (1) For the purpose of preventing the improper use of the
dangerous drugs specified in Parts III, IV and V of the First
Schedule, the Minister may make regulations to provide for
controlling the manufacture, sale, possession, and distribution of
such drugs, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality
of the foregoing power, for—

(a) prohibiting the manufacture of any such drug except on
premises licensed for the purpose and subject to any
conditions specified in the licence;

(b) prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or distribution of any
such drug except by persons licensed or otherwise
authorized under the regulations and subject to any
conditions specified in the licence or authority;
(c) regulating the issue by registered medical practitioners,
registered dentists, and veterinary surgeons of prescriptions
containing any such drug, and the dispensing of any such
prescriptions;

(d) requiring persons engaged in the manufacture, sale or
distribution of any such drug to keep such books and to
furnish such information, either in writing or otherwise,
as may be prescribed; and
(e) prescribing the marking of packages, bottles or containers
in which any such drug is supplied.

(2) The regulations made under this section may provide for
authorizing any licensed pharmacist in accordance with any written
law relating to poisons from time to time in force in Malaysia or
any part thereof—

(a) to manufacture in the ordinary course of his retail business
any preparation, admixture, or extract of any dangerous
drug specified in Parts III, IV and V of the First Schedule;
and