Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007 “PART V CONTROL OF DANGEROUS DRUGS 13 Interpretation in Part V In this Part— “the 1961 Convention” means the single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961; “the 1971 Convention” means the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971; “the 1988 Convention” means the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988; “dangerous drug” has the meaning given to that term in section 155 of the Criminal Law Code; “dangerous drugs crime” means a crime specified in Chapter VII (“Crimes Involving Dangerous Drugs”) of the Criminal Law Code; “deal in”, in relation to a dangerous drug, includes to sell or to perform any act, whether as a principal, agent, carrier, messenger or otherwise, in connection with the delivery, collection, importation, exportation, trans-shipment, supply, administration, manufacture, cultivation, procurement or transmission of such drug; “police district” means an area designated by the Commissioner of Police as a police district for the purposes of the administration of the Police Force; “scheduled drug” means a drug specified in Part I or Part II of the Schedule and the term “Part I scheduled drug” shall be construed accordingly. 14 Specification of dangerous drugs (1) Part I of the Schedule specifies dangerous drugs in compliance with the 1961, 1971 and 1988 Conventions (2) Part II of the Schedule specifies other dangerous drugs. (3) If it appears to the Minister that any derivative of morphine or cocaine or of any salts of morphine or cocaine or any alkaloid of opium or any other drug of whatever kind not specified in Part I of the Schedule— (a) is or is likely to be productive, if improperly used, of ill effects substantially of the same character or nature as or analogous to those produced by morphine or cocaine; or (b) is capable of being converted into a substance which is likely to be productive, if improperly used, of such effects; he may, by notice in a statutory instrument, after consultation with the Authority, amend Part I of the Schedule by specifying such derivative or alkaloid or drug. (4) If it is made to appear to the Minister that, in pursuance of article 12 of the 1988 Convention, a decision by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the Economic and - 177 -