Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2022 · As enacted
2. Amendment of section 54A of Chapter 218
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 54A of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous
Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows: -
by the re-numbering of section 54A as subsection (1) of that section;
in the renumbered subsection (1), by the repeal of all the words from “In this section: -” to the end of that section;
by the insertion immediately after subsection (1), of the following new subsections: -
“(2) In any proceedings under subsection (1), a certificate signed by an authorized analyst confirming -
the type of the dangerous drug; and
that the gross weight of such dangerous drug is two grammes or less, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein and the pure quantity of such dangerous drug shall be deemed to be not exceeding two grammes.
In this section -
“Goverment Analyst” means the person holding office as the Goverment
Analyst for the time being and includes an Additional, Deputy,
Senior Assistant or Assistant
Government Analyst and any person appointed to act as the
Government Analyst or an
Additional, Deputy, Senior
Assistant or Assistant Government
Analyst;
“manufacture” in relation to a dangerous drug includes any process of producing such drug and the refining or transformation of one drug into another;
“traffick” means-
to sell, give, procure, store, administer, transport, send, deliver or distribute; or
to offer to do anything specified in paragraph (a).”.