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Part II · Establishment of the National Authority for the Implementation of the Chemical Weapon’S Convention

20. Prohibitions to develop, produce, acquire, &c. toxic chemical or precursor

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No person shall—

(a)

develop, produce, acquire, retain or use a toxic chemical or precursor listed in Schedule I to this Act outside the territories of State Parties, and shall not transfer such chemical or precursor outside the territory of Sri Lanka except to another State Party ;

(b)

produce, acquire, retain, transfer or use any toxic chemical or precursor listed in Schedule I to this Act without obtaining persmission from the Authority and unless—

(i)

the toxic chemicals or precursors listed in

Schedule I to this Act are to be applied in research, medical, pharmaceutical or protective purposes ; and

(ii)

the types of toxic chemicals or precursors are strictly limited to those that can be justified with reference to the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (i) and the quantities of such toxic chemicals or precursors for such purposes at any time do not exceed the limits as determined by the Authority ;

Chemical Weapons Convention

(c)

transfer the toxic chemicals or precursors listed in Schedule I to this Act to another State Party outside Sri Lanka except—

(i)

for the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) ; and

(ii)

in accordance with the procedure set out in

Part VI of the Verification Annex to the

Convention :

Provided that no toxic chemicals or precursors referred to in this paragraph shall be re-transferred to any third State.

(d)

transfer a toxic chemical or precursor specified in

Schedule II to this Act to or from any entity in a

State which is not a party to the Convention.

Read on from s 21

Part IV

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Part VI

Supplementary

Read on from Part VI

Schedules