Poisons, Opium And Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act (No. 13 of 1984)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Insertion of new section 79A, of the principal enactment [ 12, 13 of 1984]

12. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 79, and shall have effect as section 79A, of the principal enactment : -

79A.

(1) Any person who has in his possession an acetylating substance shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance unless he proves

(a) that he is licensed to possess such substance under this Ordinance;

(b) that he is authorized to possess such substance under this Ordinance : or

	(2) In any prosecution for an offence under this section, any person who is found to have in his custody or under his control any acetylating substance shall be deemed to have been in possession of the substance and to have known the nature of the substance, unless he proves to the contrary.

	(3) In this section " acetylating substance " means a substance which can introduce one or more acetyl groups (Ch. 3. Co-) into another substance by a chemical process. '.