Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992 (Act No. 40 of 1992)Chapter II : Illegal ActsActs relating to scheduled substances and drugs5. Dealing in drugs |
No person shall deal in—
| (a) | any dependence-producing substance; or |
unless—
| (i) | he has acquired or bought any such substance for medicinal purposes— |
| (aa) | from a medical practitioner, veterinarian, dentist or practitioner acting in his professional capacity and in accordance with the requirements of the Medicines Act or any regulation made thereunder; |
| (bb) | from a pharmacist in terms of an oral instruction or a prescription in writing of such medical practitioner, veterinarian, dentist or practitioner; or |
| (cc) | from a veterinary assistant or veterinary nurse in terms of a prescription in writing of such veterinarian, |
and administers that substance to a patient or animal under the care or treatment of the said medical practitioner. veterinarian, dentist or practitioner;
| (ii) | he is the Director-General: National Health and Population Development who acquires, buys or sells any such substance in accordance with the requirements of the Medicines Act or any regulation made thereunder; |
| (iii) | he, she or it is a medical practitioner, veterinarian, dentist, practitioner, nurse, midwife, nursing assistant, pharmacist, veterinary assistant, veterinary nurse, manufacturer of, or wholesale dealer in, pharmaceutical products, importer or exporter, or any other person contemplated in the Medicines Act or any regulation made thereunder, who or which prescribes, administers, acquires, buys, tranships, imports, cultivates, collects, manufactures, supplies, sells, transmits or exports any such substance in accordance with the requirements or conditions of the said Act or regulation, or any permit issued to him, her or it under the said Act or regulation; or |
| (iv) | he is an employee of a pharmacist, manufacturer of, or wholesale dealer in, pharmaceutical products, importer or exporter who acquires, buys, tranships, imports, cultivates, collects, manufactures, supplies, sells, transmits or exports any such substance in the course of his employment and in accordance with the requirements or conditions of the Medicines Act or any regulation made thereunder, or any permit issued to such pharmacist, manufacture of, or wholesale dealer in, pharmaceutical products, importer or exporter under the said Act or regulation. |