MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 1 
CHAPTER 31 
MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE 
To amend and consolidate the law with respect to the practice of the medical and kindred 
professions. 
1st August, 1901 
ORDINANCE XVII of 1901 as amended by Ordinances: V of 1906, VIII of 1921; Act V of 
1926; Ordinances: XXIII of 1931, XII of 1932, XII of 1934, VIII of 1936, I and XXVII of 1937, 
XV, XXX and XLII of 1939, XIII of 1942, I and V of 1944, XLII of 1946; Acts: V and XLVII of 
1948, IX of 1949, VIII of 1953, VII of 1955, XXII and XXIV of 1957; Emergency Ordinances: 
XV of 1958, II of 1959; Ordinances: III of 1959, XXVII and XXX of 1961, XXV of 1962; Act III 
of 1962; Legal Notices: 4 of 1963, 46 of 1965; Acts: V, XI and XXVIII of 1967, XXII of 1968, 
X, XIV and XXVI of 1969, XXX of 1970, XXXVII of 1972, XVIII of 1973, LVIII of 1974, XXI, 
XLIX and LVI of 1975; Legal Notice 148 of 1975; Acts: XX and XXII of I976, XVII and XX of 
1977, XLIX of 1981, IX and XVI of 1982, XIII and XVI of 1983, V of 1985, XVII of 1986; Legal 
Notice 34 of 1986; Acts: XIX of 1987, VIII of 1990; Legal Notices 48 of 1990 and 31 of 1997; 
Act II of 1998; Legal Notice 79 of 1998; Acts VI of 2000 and VI of 2001; Legal Notice 285 of 
2001; Act XXIII of 2001; Legal Notices 38, 209 and 222 of 2002; Act III of 2002; Legal 
Notices 212 and 374 of 2003; and Acts III and XII of 2003. 
ARRANGEMENT OF ORDINANCE 
Articles 
Title and Interpretation 1-2 
Part I. Practice of Medical and Kindred Professions 3-4 
Part II. Medical Practitioners 5-12 
Part III. (deleted by XXIII.2001.62.) 
Part IV. Apothecaries and Pharmacy Technicians 18-49 
Part V. Midwives 50-64 
Part VI. Dental Surgeons and Dentists 65-71 
Part VII. Registered and Enrolled Nurses 72-80 
Part VIII. Hospital Attendants 81-83 
Part IX. Professions Supplementary to Medicine 84-87A 
Part X. Trades akin to the Sanitary Professions 88-104 
Part XI. Offences and Penalties 105-123A 
Part XII. Registers 124 
SCHEDULES 
First Schedule 
Second Schedule 
Third Schedule

2 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
Short title. l. The short title of this Ordinance is Medical and Kindred 
Professions Ordinance. 
Interpretation. 
Added by: 
II. 1959. 30. 
Amended by: 
XXII.1968.37; 
XIV.1969.19; 
XVIII.1973.18; 
XLIX.1981.6; 
XVI. 1983.26; 
II. 1998.2. 
2. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
PART I 
PRACTICE OF MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
Professions subject 
to supervision. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.2; 
V. 1926.2; 
XII. 1932.2; 
XXII. 1957.2; 
XV. 1958; 
II. 1959.2; 
XXV. 1962; 
L.N. 4 of 1963; 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
XXII. 1968.2; 
XVIII. 1973.2; 
XVI. 1983.2,3; 
XXIII. 2001.62. 
3. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Trades subject to 
sanitary 
supervisions. 
4. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.3. 
PART II 
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 
Licence to practise 
medical 
profession. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.4; 
XII. 1932.3; 
II. 1959.3. 
Substituted by: 
XVII. 1977.2. 
Amended by: 
XX. 1977.2; 
XVI. 1983.4; 
V. 1985.2; 
XIX. 1987.2. 
5. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Medical Register. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.5; 
XXIII. 1931.2; 
XXVII. 1937.2; 
VIII. 1953.2; 
II. 1959.4; 
XXVIII. 1967.2; 
L.N. 148 of 1975. 
Substituted by: 
XVII. 1977.2. 
Amended by: 
V. 1985.3; 
XIX. 1987.3. 
6. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52.

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 3 
Duties of licensed 
medical 
practitioners. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.6; 
XXII. 1957.3; 
XXII. 1968.3; 
XVI. 1983.6; 
XIX. 1987.4; 
II. 1998.3. 
7. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Medical 
practitioner not to 
practise pharmacy. 
Amended by: 
V. 1906.1; 
XXVII. 1937.3; 
II. 1959.6. 
8. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Medical 
practitioners not to 
have any interest in 
any dispensary. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.7. 
9. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Medical 
practitioners not to 
have any interest in 
any optician’s 
business. 
Added by: 
XXVII. 1961.3. 
10. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Persons authorized 
to give 
prescriptions. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.8; 
XII. 1932.4; 
XLVII. 1948.2; 
XXIII. 2001.62. 
11. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Form of 
prescription. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.9; 
XIII. 1942.2; 
XLVII. 1948.3; 
V. 1967.2; 
XVII. 1986.2. 
12. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
PART III 
VETERINARY SURGEONS 
Practice of 
veterinary surgery. 
Substituted by: 
II. 1959.7. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
LVIII. 1974.68. 
13. (deleted by XXIII. 2001.62.) 
Qualifications 
for obtaining 
licence. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.10; 
II. 1959.8; 
XI. 1967.2; 
L.N. 148 of 1975. 
14. (deleted by XXIII. 2001.62.)

4 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
Veterinary 
Surgeons’ Register. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.9. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
LVIII. 1974.68; 
L.N. 148 of 1975. 
15. (deleted by XXIII. 2001.62.) 
Veterinary surgeon 
not to practise 
pharmacy. 
Added by: 
VIII. 1921.11. 
16. (deleted by XXIII. 2001.62.) 
Applicability of 
article 7. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.12. 
Substituted by: 
XLIX. 1981.6. 
17. (deleted by XXIII. 2001.62.) 
PART IV 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.34; 
XVI. 1983.2. 
APOTHECARIES AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS 
Licence to practise 
as apothecary and 
pharmacy 
technician. 
Substituted by: 
II. 1959.10. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
LVIII. 1974.68; 
XVI. 1983.2. 
18. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Qualifications for 
licence to practise 
as apothecary. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.13; 
VII. 1955.2; 
II. 1959.8; 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
XXII. 1968.4; 
LVIII. 1974.68; 
L.N. 148 of 1975; 
XLIX. 1981.6. 
19. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Apothecaries’ 
Register. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.11. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
XXII. 1968.5; 
LVIII. 1974.68; 
L.N. 148 of 1975; 
XVI. 1983.2. 
20. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52.

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 5 
Qualifications for 
licence to practise 
as pharmacy 
technician. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.14. 
Substituted by: 
V. 1944.2. 
Amended by: 
XLVII. 1948.4; 
II. 1959.12; 
XI. 1967.3; 
XXII. 1968.6; 
XXXVII. 1972.2; 
XLIX. 1981.6; 
IX. 1982.2; 
XVI. 1983.2,7; 
V. 1985.4. 
21. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Licence to open a 
dispensary. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.15. 
Substituted by: 
XVI. 1983.8. 
22. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Dispensary to be 
managed by 
licensed 
apothecary. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.16; 
XXVII. 1937.4; 
II. 1959.12; 
XXII. 1968.7; 
V. 1985.5. 
23. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Employment of 
pharmacy 
technician. 
Added by: 
XLIX. 1975.2. 
Amended by: 
XX. 1976.2. 
24. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Duties of 
apothecary. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.17. 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1968.8. 
25. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Apothecary not to 
carry on business 
of dispensary on 
behalf of medical 
practitioner, etc. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.18; 
XXVII. 1937.5; 
XXIII. 2001.62. 
26. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Owner of 
dispensary may 
employ one or 
more apothecaries. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.19; 
XXI. 1975.3. 
27. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Where managing 
apothecary is ill or 
absent. 
Amended by: 
XX. 1976.3. 
28. Repealed by: III. 2003.108.

6 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
Duty of apothecary 
to render his 
services in urgent 
cases. 
Amended by: 
XLII. 1939.2. 
29. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Apothecary cannot 
refuse to sell 
medicinal 
substances on 
prescription. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.20; 
XIII. 1942.2. 
30. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Apothecary not to 
sell medical 
substances except 
on a medical 
prescription. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.21; 
XII. 1932.5; 
II. 1959.4; 
XXIII. 2001.62. 
31. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Registering of 
prescriptions. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.22; 
XII. 1932.6; 
XIII. 1942.2; 
XLVII. 1948.5; 
XXIII. 2001.62. 
32. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Apothecary not to 
keep noxious 
medical 
substances. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.23. 
Substituted by: 
XX. 1976.4. 
33. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Premises to be kept 
thoroughly clean. 
Added by: 
VIII. 1921.24. 
34. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Apothecary to be 
guided by British 
Pharmacopoeia. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.25; 
II. 1959.4; 
III. 1959.2; 
III. 1962.2; 
L.N. 4 of 1963. 
35. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Poisonous 
substances. 
36. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Substances which 
are deemed to be 
poisonous. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.26; 
II. 1959.4; 
L.N. 4 of 1963. 
37. Repealed by: III. 2003.108.

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 7 
Sale of poisonous 
substances. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.27; 
XIII. 1942.2,3; 
XXII. 1968.9. 
38. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Where the medical 
substance is for 
external use. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.28. 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1968.10. 
39. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Power of Minister 
to make 
regulations for 
controlling drugs 
or chemical 
products. 
Added by: 
V. 1967.3. 
Amended by: 
XLIX. 1975.3. 
40. The Minister responsible for public health may, after 
consulting the Council of Health, and so far as he may consider 
necessary or expedient for the protection of the public health, make 
regulations for controlling the manufacture, exportation, 
importation, possession, distribution and sale of such drugs or 
chemical products as may be deemed by him to require such control 
in the public interest, and for preventing their improper use, and in 
particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing 
power for - 
(a) regulating the issue by the persons mentioned in article 
31(1) of prescriptions containing any such drug or 
chemical product and the dispensing of any such 
prescription; 
(b) requiring persons engaged in the manufacture, 
exportation, importation, sale, or distribution of any 
such drug or chemical product to keep and produce for 
inspection such books and to furnish such information 
as may be prescribed; and 
(c) requiring and regulating the labelling and marking of 
any such drug or chemical product and regulating any 
advertisement thereof. 
Psychotropic 
drugs. 
Added by: 
V. 1985.6. 
Amended by: 
XIX. 1987.13. 
*40A. (1) The Minister responsible for public health may, after 
consulting the Council of Health, and so far as he may consider 
necessary or expedient for the protection of the public health, make 
regulations for controlling the manufacture, exportation, 
importation, possession, distribution and sale of psychotropic drugs 
as may be deemed by him to require such control in the public 
interest, and for preventing their improper use, and in particular but 
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers for - 
(a) regulating the issue by the persons mentioned in article 
31(1) of prescriptions containing any such drug or 
chemical product and the dispensing of any such 
prescription; 
(b) requiring persons engaged in the manufacture, 
exportation, importation, sale or distribution of any 
such drug or chemical product to keep and produce for 
inspection such books and to furnish such information 
as may be prescribed; 
*See article 16 of Act V of 1985.

8 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
(c) requiring and regulating the labelling and marking of 
any such psychotropic drug and regulating any 
advertisement thereof. 
(2) For the purpose of this article, the term "psychotropic drug" 
means any drug or chemical listed in the Third Schedule to this 
Ordinance. 
(3) The Minister responsible for public health may, after 
consulting the Council of Health, by regulation amend, add to, 
revoke or substitute the list of psychotropic drugs contained in the 
Third Schedule to this Ordinance. 
Inspections of 
dispensaries. 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1968.11; 
Amended by: 
XIV. 1969.19. 
41. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Mode of inspection 
and drawing up of 
procès verbal. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.29. 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1968.12. 
42. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Seizure of noxious 
substances found 
on the premises. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.30. 
43. (1) If, in the course of an inspection, any substances kept 
in the dispensary are found to be imperfect, deteriorated or 
noxious, the inspecting officer shall forthwith seize such 
substances, and the manager of such dispensary shall be called 
upon by the Superintendent of Public Health to give an explanation. 
(2) If such explanation is not satisfactory, the necessary 
proceedings shall be instituted for an offence under article 33. 
Wrappers of 
articles seized to be 
sealed and signed. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.31; 
XXII. 1968.13. 
44. In the case mentioned in the last preceding article, the 
wrappers or receptacles containing the substances so seized shall be 
sealed with the seal and the signature of the apothecary or of the 
person for the time being in charge of the dispensary: 
Provided that if such apothecary or person refuses to affix 
his seal or signature, the signature of the officer effecting the 
seizure shall be sufficient: 
Right of 
apothecary. 
Provided also that if the apothecary or the person for the 
time being in charge of the dispensary so requires, the inspecting 
officer shall divide each article so seized into two parts, sealed and 
signed as aforesaid, and shall deliver one part to the apothecary or 
the person for the time being in charge of the dispensary. 
Copy of procèsverbal 
of 
inspection to be 
forwarded to 
Superintendent of 
Public Health. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.32. 
45. A copy of the procès-verbal of each inspection shall be 
transmitted to the Superintendent of Public Health together with the 
articles, if any, seized upon such inspection. 
Document of 
identity. 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1968.14. 
46. An authorised apothecary shall, if so required by the owner 
or manager of the dispensary being inspected or by the person for 
the time being in charge thereof, produce a document signed by the

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 9 
Minister responsible for public health attesting his authority to act 
as such. 
Superintendent of 
Public Health to 
make report of 
result of 
inspections. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.33; 
L.N. 4 of 1963. 
47. At the end of each year the Superintendent of Public Health 
shall make to the Minister responsible for public health a report of 
the result of the inspections carried out in pursuance of the 
foregoing articles. 
Opening of 
dispensaries on 
prohibited days. 
Added by: 
XXIV. 1957.12. 
Amended by: 
XXX. 1961.3. 
48. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Name and address 
of apothecary to be 
affixed to door of 
dispensary. 
Added by: 
XXIV. 1957.12. 
49. It shall be the duty of the apothecary in charge of a 
dispensary to keep affixed to the door of the dispensary, in such a 
way as to be clearly visible from the street and at all times during 
which the dispensary is closed, a notice showing the name and 
address of the apothecary in charge of that dispensary. 
PART V 
MIDWIVES 
Practice of 
midwifery. 
Substituted by: 
II. 1959.13. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
LVIII. 1974.68. 
50. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Qualifications. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.35; 
XLII. 1946.2; 
II. 1959.12; 
L.N. 4 of 1963; 
XXX. 1970.2; 
XVIII. 1973.3; 
XLIX. 1981.6; 
XVI. 1983.2. 
51. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Register of 
Midwives. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.14. 
Amended by: 
XVIII. 1973.3. 
52. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Midwives in actual 
practice before the 
commencement of 
Ordinance. 
53. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Duties of midwife. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.36; 
XV. 1958; 
II. 1959.12; 
L.N. 4 of 1963; 
XVIII. 1973.3. 
54. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52.

10 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
When midwife 
must summon 
medical assistance. 
Amended by: 
XLIX. 1981.6. 
55. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Notification to 
District Medical 
Officer of patient’s 
condition. 
Amended by: 
XLIX. 1981.6. 
56. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Midwife not to use 
surgical 
instruments. 
57. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Cases of puerperal 
fever or other 
infections. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.37. 
58. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Where midwife is 
unable to attend 
personally. 
59. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Midwife to report 
to District Medical 
Officer cases of 
fever or 
inflammation. 
60. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Free supply of 
antiseptic 
preparations to 
midwife for 
attendance on 
paupers. 
61. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Midwife to give 
notice of birth. 
62. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Midwife to comply 
strictly with 
regulations. 
63. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Power of Minister 
responsible for 
public health to 
make regulations. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.38; 
XV. 1958; 
II. 1959.12; 
XXV. 1962; 
L.N. 4 of 1963; 
XXX. 1970.3; 
XVIII. 1973.3. 
64. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
PART VI 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.39. 
DENTAL SURGEONS AND DENTISTS

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 11 
Licence to practise 
dental surgery. 
Substituted by: 
II. 1959.15. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
LVIII. 1974.68. 
Substituted by: 
XVI. 1983.9. 
Amended by: 
XIX. 1987.5. 
65. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Register of Dental 
Surgeons. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.41; 
XII. 1932.8; 
XXVII. 1937.6; 
II. 1959.4; 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
X. 1969.2; 
LVIII. 1974.68; 
L.N. 148 of 1975; 
XLIX. 1981.6. 
Substituted by: 
XVI. 1983.11. 
Amended by: 
XIX. 1987.6. 
66. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Qualifications to 
be entered in 
Register of Dental 
Surgeons. 
Added by: 
XII. 1932.9. 
Amended by: 
XII. 1934.2. 
Substituted by: 
II. 1959.16. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
LVIII. 1974.68; 
L.N. 148 of 1975. 
Substituted by: 
XVI. 1983.12. 
67. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Assumption of title 
and user. 
Added by: 
XII. 1932.10. 
Amended by: 
II. 1959.17. 
68. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Dentists not to 
make agreements 
with apothecaries 
for a share of the 
profits of a 
dispensary. 
Added by: 
XXVII. 1937.7. 
Amended by: 
XXX. 1939.2. 
69. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Dentists not to 
practise pharmacy. 
Added by: 
XXVII. 1937.7. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
LVIII. 1974.68. 
70. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52.

12 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
Vested rights of 
dentists practising 
before July, 1900. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.43. 
71. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Added by: 
VIII. 1936.2. 
PART VII 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1968.15. 
REGISTERED AND ENROLLED NURSES 
Register and roll of 
nurses. 
Added by: 
VIII. 1936.2. 
Amended by: 
II. 1959.19; 
L.N. 4 of 1963. 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1968.16. 
Amended by: 
XVIII. 1973.3. 
Substituted by: 
XVI. 1983.13. 
72. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Contents of 
register and roll. 
Added by: 
XXII. 1968.17. 
73. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Conditions for 
registration. 
Added by: 
VIII. 1936.2. 
Amended by: 
I. 1937.2; 
V. 1948.2; 
II. 1959.20; 
XXII. 1968.18; 
XXVI. 1969.2; 
XVIII. 1973.4; 
XLIX. 1981.6. 
74. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Conditions for 
enrolment. 
Added by: 
XXII. 1968.19. 
Amended by: 
XVIII. 1973.3; 
XIX. 1987.7. 
75. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Nurses registered 
or enrolled abroad. 
Added by: 
VIII. 1936.2. 
Amended by: 
I. 1937.3; 
II. 1959.12. 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1968.20. 
Amended by: 
XVIII. 1973.3; 
XX. 1976.5; 
XVI. 1983.14; 
V. 1985.7. 
76. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52.

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 13 
Certificate of 
registration or 
enrolment. 
Added by: 
VIII. 1936.2. 
Amended by: 
II. 1959.21. 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1968.21. 
Amended by: 
XVIII. 1973.3. 
77. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Unlawful 
assumption of title 
of registered or 
enrolled nurse. 
Added by: 
VIII. 1936.2. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1957.4. 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1968.22. 
Amended by: 
XVI. 1983.15. 
78. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Training schools 
for nurses. 
Added by: 
VIII. 1936.2. 
Substituted by: 
V. 1948.3. 
Amended by: 
II. 1959.22. 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1968.23. 
Amended by: 
XVIII. 1973.3. 
79. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Power of Minister 
responsible for 
public health to 
make regulations. 
Added by: 
VIII. 1936.2. 
Amended by: 
V. 1948.4; 
II. 1959.12,23; 
L.N. 4 of 1963; 
XVIII. 1973.3. 
80. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Added by: 
V. 1948.5. 
PART VIII 
HOSPITAL ATTENDANTS 
Roll of hospital 
attendants. 
Added by: 
V. 1948.5. 
Amended by: 
II. 1959.24; 
XVIII. 1973.3. 
81. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Conditions for 
enrolment. 
Added by: 
V. 1948.5. 
Amended by: 
II. 1959.25; 
XVIII. 1973.3; 
XLIX. 1981.6. 
82. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52.

14 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
Unlawful 
assumption of title 
of hospital 
attendant. 
Added by: 
V. 1948.5. 
83. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Added by: 
IX. 1949.2. 
PART IX 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1957.5; 
XVI. 1983.16. 
PROFESSIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO MEDICINE 
Register of medical 
auxiliaries. 
Added by: 
IX. 1949.2. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1957.6; 
II. 1959.26; 
LVI. 1975.2; 
XVI. 1983.17. 
84. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Conditions for 
registration. 
Added by: 
IX. 1949.2. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1957.7: 
II. 1959.27; 
XLIX. 1981.6: 
XVI. 1983.2. 
85. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Certificate of 
registration. 
Added by: 
IX. 1949.2. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1957.8; 
II. 1959.28. 
Substituted by: 
LVI. 1975.3; 
XVI. 1983.18. 
86. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Unlawful exercise 
of profession 
supplementary to 
medicine. 
Added by: 
IX. 1949.2. 
Substituted by: 
XXII. 1957.9; 
XVI. 1983.18. 
87. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Persons registered 
in other countries. 
Added by: 
V. 1985.8. 
Amended by: 
XIX. 1987.13. 
87A. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
PART X 
TRADES AKIN TO THE SANITARY PROFESSIONS 
Definition of 
"poisons". 
Added by: 
VIII. 1921.47. 
Substituted by: 
XX. 1976.6. 
88. Repealed by: III. 2003.108.

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 15 
Sale of drugs. 
Substituted by: 
V. 1967.4. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1968.24; 
XVI. 1983.2. 
89. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Secret remedies or 
specifics. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.44; 
II. 1959.12; 
V. 1967.5; 
XVI. 1983.19. 
90. No person shall sell or distribute - 
(a) any substance or preparation advertised as a secret 
remedy or specific, which shall not have been 
approved by the Council of Health; or 
(b) any substance or any preparation or mixture of 
substances intended to be used as a drug or remedy or 
as a solvent, additive or colouring matter unless the 
box, wrapper, bottle or other container in which it is to 
be sold or distributed bears the name or designation of 
the substance or substances of which the preparation 
or mixture is compounded or composed, and, where 
any substance is of a poisonous nature in terms of 
article 88, unless the total or pro rata amount of such 
substance is stated on the said box, wrapper, bottle or 
other container; or 
(c) any remedy falsely described on labels or in 
advertisements as composed of ingredients which are 
not really those which it contains, or as having any 
therapeutical qualities or indications which are not 
recognised by the Council of Health. 
Advertisement of 
treatment, etc. 
Added by: 
V. 1985.9. 
90A. (1) No person shall advertise or permit or suffer to be 
advertised in any manner whatsoever, any medical or health service 
or treatment, not being a service provided by Government, or any 
other service or treatment which is or is described as being of a 
medical, therapeutic or curative value or effect, or in any other way 
beneficial to health, without the approval of the Council of Health. 
(2) For the purposes of subarticle (1), "treatment" shall include 
any form of advice relating to the treatment or cure of maladies or 
ailments, or any advice relating to health. 
Article 90 to apply 
to apothecaries. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1968.25; 
XVI. 1983.2; 
V. 1985.10. 
91. The provisions of article 90 shall apply also to apothecaries 
and to pharmacy technicians, as the case may be. 
Sale of poisons. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.45. 
92. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Licence for sale of 
poisons. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.46. 
93. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Applicability of 
provisions relating 
to apothecaries and 
to persons who are 
not apothecaries. 
94. The provisions of articles 36 and 38 shall apply to any 
person, not being an apothecary, who holds a licence under the last 
preceding article.

16 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
Power of 
inspection. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.48. 
95. Repealed by: III. 2003.108. 
Laboratories of 
chemical products. 
96. (1) No person shall set up any laboratory of chemical 
products used in medicine, or of galenic preparations, without a 
licence from the Superintendent of Public Health. 
(2) Such licence shall not be granted unless the Superintendent 
is satisfied that the laboratory is managed by an apothecary or by a 
person holding a certificate of competency in chemistry. 
(3) The Superintendent of Public Health shall have power to 
direct any laboratory to be closed, if it ceases to be managed by an 
apothecary or chemist as provided in subarticle (2). 
Certificate of 
competency to 
practise as chemist. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.49; 
II. 1959.12. 
XXII. 1968.26; 
L.N. 148 of 1975. 
97. The Pharmacy Board shall have power to grant a certificate 
of competency to practise as a chemist for the purposes of the last 
preceding article to any applicant who satisfies the Board that he or 
she - 
(i) has attained majority, 
(ii) has attended the course of chemistry at the 
University of Malta or at another school 
recognised by the University of Malta and 
passed the relative examinations. 
Private hospitals, 
etc. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1921.50; 
II. 1959.12. 
Substituted by: 
XX. 1977.3. 
Amended by: 
XIX. 1987.8. 
98. (1) No person shall use any premises as a hospital, clinic, 
maternity home, nursing home, home for the aged, medical 
diagnostic laboratory, X-ray department, or any other similar 
establishment or institution, by whatever name called, unless there 
is in respect of such premises a valid licence for the purpose issued 
by the Minister responsible for public health, and no person may 
open or carry on any establishment or institution for any of the 
purposes aforesaid unless he is in possession of a valid licence for 
the purpose issued by the said Minister. 
(2) No licence shall be granted or renewed under subarticle (1) 
if the premises, equipment and facilities as well as the personnel, 
whether medical or otherwise, are not such as to provide such 
standard of medical care or service as the Minister responsible for 
public health deems to be satisfactory, or as he may, by regulations 
made under this article, from time to time prescribe. 
(3) The said Minister may, in granting or renewing any licence 
under subarticle (1), impose any such condition as he may deem fit 
and may restrict the services and the activities that may be provided 
or carried on in the licensed premises. 
(4) Where any premises are used or any act is done in 
contravention of any condition or restriction, contained in a licence 
granted or renewed under subarticle (1), any premises so used and 
any act so done shall be deemed to have been used or done without 
the licence required by this article. 
(5) Any licence granted under the provision of subarticle (1) 
shall lapse on the 31st December of the year in which it is issued 
but may be renewed by the said Minister from year to year. Any 
such licence shall also lapse if there is a declaration of guilt under

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 17 
article 119 in respect of any offence against this article whether the 
offence is committed by the person or in the premises licensed 
under subarticle (1). 
Imposition of 
conditions to 
licence. 
Added by: 
XX. 1976.7. 
Amended by: 
XX. 1977.4; 
XV1. 1983.20. 
99. (1) The Superintendent of Public Health may, in granting a 
licence under articles 22, 33, 89, 92 or 96, impose any such 
condition as he may deem fit. 
(2) Any person duly licensed under any of the said articles 22, 
33, 89, 92 or 96 who fails to comply with any condition imposed by 
the Superintendent of Public Health under subarticle (1) shall be 
deemed to have acted without the necessary licence. 
Medical 
practitioners in 
private hospitals 
and clinics and fees 
to be charged. 
Added by: 
XX. 1977.5. 
Amended by: 
XIX. 1987.9. 
100. (1) No licensee of any premises, establishment or 
institution licensed under article 98(1) shall charge or make, or 
allow to be charged or made, any fees or other charges, for any 
service or thing whatsoever, which is in excess of the fee or charge 
payable in respect thereof in accordance with such tariff as the 
Minister responsible for public health may, after consulting the 
Medical Council, from time to time establish. 
(2) Every licensee of any premises, establishment or other 
institution licensed under article 98(1) shall display, and keep at all 
times displayed, in a prominent place in the licensed premises and 
which is easily accessible to the public, the tariff of fees and 
charges currently applicable in accordance with subarticle (1). 
Enforcement of 
foregoing 
provisions. 
Added by: 
XX. 1977.5. 
Amended by: 
XIX. 1987.10. 
101. Where any premises are used or any act is done in 
contravention of any of the provisions of article 98, either because 
the required licence or authority has not been issued or given, or is 
deemed not to have been issued or given, or has lapsed or has not 
been renewed or has been withdrawn, it shall be the duty of the 
Commissioner of Police to ensure that the premises in question are 
kept closed and that no further contraventions take place, and it 
shall be lawful for him to take all appropriate steps for that 
purpose. 
Poisoned grain, 
seed, etc. 
102. It is prohibited to sow, cast, put or place, or cause to be 
sown, cast, put or placed in or upon any land or other exposed place 
any grain, seed, meal, or flesh which has been so dipped or steeped 
in poison, or has been so mixed with poison or other ingredient or 
preparation as to be rendered poisonous and calculated to destroy 
life. 
Article 102 not to 
apply in certain 
cases. 
103. (1) The provisions of the last preceding article shall not 
apply to any person who sells or offers or exposes for sale or makes 
use of any ingredient or substance for preparing or protecting any 
grain or seed for bona fide use in agriculture only, or sows or 
causes to be sown such grain or seed so prepared. 
(2) Nor shall the said provisions apply to the occupier of any 
dwelling house or other building or the owner of any rick or stack 
of wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas, clover, seeds or other cultivated 
vegetable produce who puts or places or causes to be put or placed 
in any such house or building or in any garden or field attached to 
such house or building and enclosed by walls not less than three 
metres and sixty-five centimetres in height, or in the privy of any

18 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
such house or building, provided that such privy is so protected as 
to prevent any dog from entering the same, or in any such rick or 
stack, any poison or poisonous ingredient or preparation for the 
purpose of destroying rats, mice or small vermin or insects. 
Administering 
drugs to domestic 
animals. 
104. It shall not be lawful for any person, to administer or cause 
to be administered any poisonous or noxious drug or substance to 
any horse, cattle or other domestic animal, whereof such person is 
not the owner, without an order from the owner. 
PART XI 
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 
Erasure from 
registers by 
Medical Council 
on grounds of 
conviction or 
infamous conduct. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.29. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1968.27; 
XVIII. 1973.5; 
XLIX. 1981.4; 
XVI. 1983.21: 
XIX. 1987.11; 
XXIII. 2001.62. 
105. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Erasure by the 
Board for the 
Professions 
Supplementary to 
Medicine on 
grounds of 
conviction or 
infamous conduct. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.29. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1968.28; 
XVIII. 1973.6; 
XLIX. 1981.4; 
XVI. 1983.22. 
106. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Erasure by 
Pharmacy Board 
on grounds of 
conviction or 
infamous conduct. 
Added by: 
XXII. 1968.29. 
Amended by: 
XVIII. 1973.7; 
XLIX. 1981.4; 
XVI. 1983.2,23. 
107. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52.

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 19 
Erasure by Nursing 
and Midwifery 
Board on grounds 
of conviction or 
infamous conduct. 
Added by: 
XVIII. 1973.8. 
Amended by: 
XLIX. 1981.4; 
XVI. 1983.24. 
108. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Saving of 
proceedings under 
other laws. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.29. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1968.30; 
XVIII. 1973.9; 
XVI. 1983.2. 
109. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Erasure from 
register or roll on 
ground of 
infirmity. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.29. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1968.31; 
XVIII. 1973.10; 
XVI. 1983.2. 
110. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Restoration of 
names to register. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.29. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1968.32; 
XVIII. 1973.11; 
XVI. 1983.2. 
111. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Fraudulent and 
incorrect 
registration. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.29. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1968.33; 
XVIII. 1973. 12; 
XVI. 1983.2. 
112. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Notification of 
decision of 
Medical Council 
and appeal 
therefrom. 
Added by: 
II. l959.29. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 148 of 1975; 
VI. 2001.4. 
113. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Notification of 
decision of 
Pharmacy Board 
and appeal 
therefrom. 
Added by: 
XXII. 1968.34. 
114. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52.

20 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
Notification of 
decision of the 
Board for the 
Professions 
Supplementary to 
Medicine and 
appeal therefrom. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.29. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 46 of 1965; 
XVIII. 1973.13; 
LVIII. 1974.68. 
115. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Notification of 
decision of 
Nursing and 
Midwifery Board 
and appeal 
therefrom. 
Added by: 
XVIII. 1973.14. 
Amended by: 
XVI. 1983.2. 
116. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Rules of 
procedure. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.29. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 4 of 1963; 
XXII. 1968.35; 
XVIII. 1973.15; 
XVI. 1983.2. 
117. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Summoning of 
witnesses. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.29. 
Amended by: 
XXII. 1968.36; 
XVIII. 1973.16; 
L.N. 148 of 1975; 
XVI. 1982.2; 
XVI. 1983.2. 
118. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
Penalties for 
certain offences. 
Added by: 
XX. 1976.9. 
Amended by: 
XX. 1977.6; 
XIII. 1983.5; 
XVI. 1983.2,25; 
V. 1985.11; 
XIX. 1987.12. 
119. (1) Any person who commits an offence against any of 
the provisions of article 7(1)(f), article 8, 9, 10, 16 or 24, article 
26(a) or (b), article 27, 32 or 34, article 35(2), article 48(2) or (3) 
or article 49, 62, 69, 70 or 100 shall be liable - 
(a) on a first conviction, to a fine (multa) of not less than 
ten liri but not exceeding one hundred liri, and, 
(b) on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine (multa) 
of not less than fifty liri but not exceeding five 
hundred liri. 
(2) Any person who commits an offence against any of the 
provisions of article 7 ġwith the exception of sub-article (1)(f)ħ, 
article 13, 17, 18 (in so far as it refers to the unlawful practice as a 
pharmacy technician), 22, 23 or 25, article 26(c), article 28, 29, 30, 
31 or 33, article 35(1), article 36, 38 or 39, article 54(1), or article 
55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 63, 68, 78, 83, 87, 90, 90A, 91, 94 or 104 shall 
be liable - 
(a) on a first conviction, to a fine (multa) of not less than 
fifty liri but not exceeding two hundred liri, and 
(b) on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine (multa)

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 21 
of not less than fifty liri but not exceeding five 
hundred liri, or to imprisonment for a term not 
exceeding three months, or to both such fine and 
imprisonment. 
(3) Any person who commits an offence against any of the 
provisions of article 5, article 11(1), article 18 (in so far as it refers 
to the unlawful practice as an apothecary), 50, 59, 65, 89, 92, 96, 
98 or 102 shall be liable - 
(a) on a first conviction, to a fine (multa) of not less than 
fifty liri but not exceeding five hundred liri, or to 
imprisonment for a term of not less than one month but 
not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and 
imprisonment, and 
(b) on a second or subsequent conviction, to imprisonment 
for a term of not less than two months but not 
exceeding six months, with or without the addition of a 
fine (multa) of not less than fifty liri but not exceeding 
five hundred liri. 
Offence under 
article 40. 
Added by: 
XLIX. 1975.5. 
Amended by: 
XX. 1976.10; 
XIII. 1983.5. 
120. Any person who contravenes the provisions of any 
regulations under article 40 shall be liable - 
(a) on the first conviction to a fine (multa) of not less than 
fifty liri but not exceeding five hundred liri, or to 
imprisonment for a term of not less than one month but 
not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and 
imprisonment, and 
(b) on a second or subsequent conviction to imprisonment 
for a term of not less than three months but not 
exceeding six months and to a fine (multa) of not less 
than one hundred liri but not exceeding five hundred 
liri. 
Offences under 
article 40A. 
Added by: 
V. 1985.12. 
Amended by: 
XVII. 1986.3; 
XIX. 1987.13; 
VIII. 1990.3; 
II. 1998.4; 
VI. 2000.8; 
III. 2002.159. 
*120A. (1) Any person - 
(a) who acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with 
any provision of any regulation made under article 
40A; or 
(b) who acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with 
the conditions of any licence or permit or authority 
granted under the provisions of any regulation made 
under article 40A; or 
(c) who for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself 
or for any other person, the issue, grant or renewal of 
any such licence, permit or authority as aforesaid, 
makes any declaration, or statement which is false in 
any particular, or knowingly utters, produces or makes 
use of any such declaration or statement or any 
document containing the same; or 
(d) who in Malta aids, abets, counsels, or procures the 
*See article 16 of Act V of 1985.

22 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
commission in any place outside Malta of any offence 
punishable under the provisions of any corresponding 
law in force in that place, or who with another one or 
more persons conspires in Malta for the purpose of 
committing such an offence, does any act preparatory 
to, or in furtherance of, any act which if committed in 
Malta would constitute an offence against any such 
regulations; or 
(e) being a citizen of Malta or a permanent resident in 
Malta, who in any place outside Malta does any act 
which if committed in Malta would constitute an 
offence of selling or dealing in a drug against this 
article or an offence under paragraph (f); or 
(f) who with another one or more persons in Malta or 
outside Malta conspires for the purposes of selling or 
dealing in a drug in Malta against the provisions of 
this article or who promotes, constitutes, organises or 
finances the conspiracy, 
shall be guilty of an offence against this article. 
Cap. 217. 
For the purposes of paragraph (e) the expression "permanent 
resident" means a person in favour of whom a permit of residence 
has been issued in accordance with the provisions contained in 
article 7 of the Immigration Act. 
(1A) The conspiracy referred to in subarticle (1)(d) and (f) shall 
subsist from the moment in which any mode of action whatsoever 
is planned or agreed upon between such persons. 
(1B) For the purposes of this article the word "dealing" (with its 
grammatical variations and cognate expressions) with reference to 
dealing in a drug, includes cultivation, importation in such 
circumstances that the Court is satisfied that such importation was 
not for the exclusive use of the offender, manufacture, exportation, 
distribution, production, administration, supply, the offer to do any 
of these acts, and the giving of information intended to lead to the 
purchase of such a drug contrary to the provisions of this 
Ordinance: 
Cap. 446. 
Cap. 9. 
Provided that in the case of importation in such 
circumstances that the Court is satisfied that such importation was 
for the exclusive use of the offender, the provisions of the 
Probation Act and of article 21 of the Criminal Code shall not 
apply. 
(1C) A person shall also be guilty of an offence against this 
Ordinance who manufactures, transports or distributes any 
equipment or materials knowing that they are to be used in or for 
the production or manufacture of any drug contrary to the 
provisions of this Ordinance and any such conduct as is prohibited 
under this sub-article shall be deemed for the purposes of this 
Ordinance as constituting an offence of selling or dealing in a drug 
against this Ordinance. 
(1D) (a) A person shall also be guilty of an offence against this 
Ordinance who uses, transfers the possession of, sends

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 23 
or delivers to any person or place, acquires, receives, 
keeps, transports, transmits, alters, disposes of or 
otherwise deals with, in any manner or by any means, 
any money, property (whether movable or immovable) 
or any proceeds of any such money or property with 
intent to conceal or convert that money or property or 
those proceeds and knowing or suspecting that all or a 
part of that money or property, or of those proceeds, 
was obtained or received, directly or indirectly, as a 
result of - 
(i) the commission of any of the offences 
mentioned in subarticles (1) and (1C); or 
(ii) any act of commission or omission in any place 
outside these Islands which if committed in 
these Islands would constitute an offence under 
subarticles (1) or (1C). 
(b) In proceedings for an offence under paragraph (a), 
where the prosecution produces evidence that no 
reasonable explanation was given by the person 
charged or accused showing that such money, property 
or proceeds was not money, property or proceeds 
described in the said paragraph, the burden of showing 
the lawful origin of such money, property or proceeds 
shall lie with the person charged or accused. 
Cap. 101. 
(1E) A person shall also be guilty of an offence against this 
Ordinance who sells or otherwise deals in a substance mentioned in 
the Third Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance knowing or 
suspecting that the substance is to be used in or for the production 
of a drug listed under Part A of the Third Schedule contrary to the 
provisions of this Ordinance; and the definition of "dealing" in subarticle 
(1B) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this subarticle. 
(1F) Any person who lands in Malta and is in possession of a 
drug against the provisions of this Ordinance shall be exempt from 
any criminal liability if the conditions mentioned in subarticle (1G) 
are satisfied. 
(1G) The conditions to which reference is made in subarticle 
(1F) are the following: 
(a) the person in possession of the drug is not ordinarily 
resident in Malta and has come from a place outside 
Malta; 
(b) at the first opportunity after landing in Malta that 
person surrenders the said drug to a Police officer or to 
a customs officer and declares that the same drug was 
for his exclusive personal use; and 
(c) the said drug is in such a quantity and is in possession 
of that person under such circumstances as to 
reasonably lead to the inference that the same drug 
was destined for the exclusive personal use of that 
person. 
(2) Every person charged with an offence against this

24 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
Ordinance shall be tried in the Criminal Court or before the Court 
of Magistrates (Malta) or the Court of Magistrates (Gozo), as the 
Attorney General may direct, and if he is found guilty shall, in 
respect of each offence be liable - 
(a) on conviction by the Criminal Court - 
(i) where the offence consists in selling or dealing 
in a drug listed under Part A of the Third 
Schedule contrary to the provisions of this 
article, or in an offence under subarticle (1)(f), 
or of the offence of possession of a drug, 
contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, 
under such circumstances that the court is 
satisfied that such possession was not for the 
exclusive use of the offender, or of the offences 
mentioned in subarticles (1C) or (1D) or (1E), to 
imprisonment for life: 
Provided that: 
(aa) where the Court is of the opinion that, 
when it takes into account the age of the 
offender, the previous conduct of the 
offender, the quantity of the drug and the 
nature and quantity of the equipment or 
materials, if any, involved in the offence 
and all other circumstances of the offence, 
the punishment of imprisonment for life 
would not be appropriate; or 
(bb) where the verdict of the jury is not 
unanimous, 
then the Court may sentence the person 
convicted to the punishment of imprisonment for 
a term of not less than four years but not 
exceeding thirty years and to a fine (multa) of 
not less than one thousand liri but not exceeding 
fifty thousand liri; and 
(ii) for any other offence to imprisonment for a term 
of not less than twelve months but not exceeding 
ten years and to a fine (multa) of not less than 
two hundred liri, but not exceeding ten thousand 
liri; or 
(b) on conviction by the Court of Magistrates (Malta) or 
the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) - 
(i) where the offence consists in selling or dealing 
in a drug listed under Part A of the Third 
Schedule to this Ordinance contrary to the 
provisions of this article, or in an offence under 
subarticle (1)(f), or of the offence of possession 
of a drug, contrary to the provisions of this 
Ordinance, under such circumstances that the 
court is satisfied that such possession was not 
for the exclusive use of the offender, or of the 
offences mentioned in subarticles (1C) or (1D)

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 25 
or (1E), to imprisonment for a term of not less 
than six months but not exceeding ten years and 
to a fine (multa) of not less than two hundred liri 
but not exceeding five thousand liri; and 
(ii) for any other offence, to imprisonment for a term 
of not less than three months but not exceeding 
twelve months, or to a fine (multa) of not less 
than two hundred liri but not exceeding one 
thousand liri or to both such imprisonment and 
fine, 
and in every case of conviction for an offence against 
this Ordinance, all articles in respect of which the 
offence was committed shall be forfeited to the 
Government, and any such forfeited article shall, if the 
court so orders, be destroyed or otherwise disposed of 
as may be provided in the order: 
Provided that for the purposes of this subarticle, when the 
person charged has not attained the age of sixteen years and unless 
he is charged jointly with any other person who has attained the age 
of sixteen years, any reference to the Court of Magistrates (Malta) 
or to the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) shall be construed as a 
reference to the Juvenile Court: 
Provided further that where a person is convicted as 
provided in paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (b)(i) and the offence has 
taken place in, or within one hundred metres of the perimeter of, a 
school, youth club or centre, or such other place where young 
people habitually meet, or the offence consists in the sale, supply, 
administration or offer to do any of these acts, to a minor, to a 
woman with child or to a person who is following a programme for 
cure or rehabilitation from drug dependence, the punishment shall 
be increased by one degree. 
Cap. 101. 
(2A) Where a person is charged under the provisions of this 
article with selling or dealing in a drug listed under Part A of the 
Third Schedule, or with promoting, constituting organising or 
financing a conspiracy under subarticle (1)(f) in respect of such 
drug, or with the offence of possession of a drug, contrary to the 
provisions of this Ordinance, under such circumstances that the 
court is satisfied that such possession was not for the exclusive use 
of the offender, or with the offences mentioned in subarticles (1C) 
or (1D), the provisions of articles 22A, 22B, 22E, 27 and 30 of the 
Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall apply. 
Cap. 101. 
(2A bis) Where a person is charged under the provisions of this 
article with an offence mentioned in subarticle (2A) and that person 
is a person as is referred to in subarticle (5) or is a person in 
possession of a licence, permit or authority issued to him by a 
competent authority in or in connection with the exercise of any art, 
trade, calling or other occupation and the offence is committed in a 
place licensed under this Ordinance, under the Dangerous Drugs 
Ordinance or under any other law, the Court may, without prejudice 
to any other order that it may make under the provisions of this 
article, at the request of the prosecution make an order, hereinafter

26 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
referred to as a ''suspension order'', suspending such licence, permit 
or authority and the provisions of article 22B bis (2) and (3) of the 
Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall mutatis mutandis apply. 
Cap. 101. 
(2B) Where an offence against this article in respect of which a 
person has been found guilty consists in an offence mentioned in 
subarticle (2A) the provisions of article 22(3A) and (7) and the 
provisions of articles 22C, 22D, 28 and 29 of the Dangerous Drugs 
Ordinance shall apply. 
(2C) Notwithstanding that the Attorney General has directed in 
accordance with the provisions of subarticle (2), that a person be 
tried in the Criminal Court, he may, at any time before the filing of 
the bill of indictment, or at any time after filing the bill of 
indictment before the jury is empanelled, and with the consent of 
the accused, direct that that person be tried before the Court of 
Magistrates, and upon such direction the Court of Magistrates as a 
court of criminal judicature shall become competent to try that 
person as if no previous direction had been given. Where the 
Attorney General has given such new direction after the filing of 
the bill of indictment, the registrar of the Criminal Court shall 
cause the record to be transmitted to the Court of Magistrates, and 
shall cause a copy of the Attorney General’s direction to be served 
on the Commissioner of Police. 
Cap. 9. 
(2D) Notwithstanding the provisions of article 370 of the 
Criminal Code and without prejudice to the provisions of subarticle 
(2C), the Court of Magistrates shall be competent to try all offences 
against this article as directed by the Attorney General in 
accordance with the provisions of subarticle (2). 
(3) No person shall, on conviction for any offence of 
contravening or failing to comply with any regulation under article 
40A relating to the keeping of books or the issuing or dispensing of 
prescriptions containing psychotropic drugs to which that article 
applies, be sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine 
or to pay a fine exceeding fifty liri, if the court dealing with the 
case is satisfied that the offence was committed through 
inadvertence and was not preparatory to or committed in the course 
of or in connection with the commission or intended commission of 
any other offence against this article. 
(4) If any person attempts to commit an offence against this 
article, or solicits or incites another person to commit such an 
offence, he shall, without prejudice to any other liability, be liable 
on conviction to the same punishment and forfeiture as if he had 
committed an offence under this article. 
Cap. 101. 
(5) Where the offence in respect of which a person is found 
guilty under this article consists in the importation, manufacture, 
selling or otherwise dealing in a psychotropic drug, and such 
person is either licensed under this Ordinance or under the 
Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, or is in possession of a warrant issued 
under this Ordinance to practise a profession, or a calling or a 
trade, or the offence is committed in a place licensed under this 
Ordinance or the Ordinance aforesaid, the court shall, at the request 
of the prosecution and in addition to any other punishment, order

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 27 
the revocation of such licence or warrant and upon such order being 
made any such licence or warrant shall cease to have effect for all 
purposes of law and in particular for the purposes of this Ordinance 
and of the Ordinance aforesaid. 
Cap. 446. 
(6) Where it results to the court that the offender, other than an 
offender convicted of an offence as is referred to in subarticle 
(2)(a)(i) or ( b)(i), is in need of care and assistance for his 
rehabilitation from dependence on any drug listed in the Third 
Schedule to this Ordinance the court may, instead of applying any 
of the punishments provided for in the foregoing sub-articles, place 
the offender on probation in accordance with the provisions of the 
Probation Act, sohowever that such probation order may be made 
notwithstanding that the offender, who has attained the age of 
fourteen years, has not expressed his willingness to comply with 
the requirements thereof as provided in article 7 of that Act. 
Cap. 9. 
Cap. 446. 
(7) The provisions of articles 21 and 28A of the Criminal Code 
and the provisions of the Probation Act shall not be applicable in 
respect of any person convicted of an offence as is referred to in 
sub-article (2)(a)(i) or (b)(i). 
Cap. 101. 
(8) Where, in the case of a person convicted of an offence 
referred to in subarticle (7), the court is satisfied that such person is 
in need of treatment for his rehabilitation from dependence on any 
drug listed in the Third Schedule, the provisions of article 22(10) to 
(14) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall be applicable in the 
same manner and to the same extent as if that person were a person 
convicted of an offence referred to in the said article 22(10). 
Definition of 
expression 
"corresponding 
law". 
Added by: 
II. 1998.5. 
Cap. 101. 
120B. For the purposes of articles 120A and 121C the expression 
"corresponding law" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by 
article 23 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance and the provisions of 
the said article 23 shall apply thereto. 
Additional powers 
of investigation. 
Added by: 
II. 1998.5. 
120C. (1) Where, upon information received, the Attorney 
General has reasonable cause to suspect that a person (hereinafter 
referred to as "the suspect") - 
(a) is guilty of selling or dealing in a drug contrary to the 
provisions of this Ordinance; or 
(b) is guilty of any of the offences mentioned in article 
120A(1)(e) or (f); or 
(c) is guilty of an offence mentioned in article 120A(1)(d) 
with reference to any of the offences referred to in the 
foregoing paragraphs of this subarticle, or 
(d) is guilty of the offence mentioned in article 120A(1D), 
Cap. 101. 
the Attorney General may apply to the Criminal Court for an 
investigation order or an attachment order or for both and the 
provisions of article 24A of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall 
mutatis mutandis apply to that application and to the suspect and to 
any investigation or attachment order made by the court as a result 
of that application.

28 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
Cap. 101. 
(2) The words "investigation order" in article 24A(2) and (5) of 
the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall be read and construed as 
including an investigation order made under the provisions of this 
article. 
Cap. 101. 
(3) The words "attachment order" in article 24A(6A) of the 
Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall be read and construed as 
including an attachment order made under the provisions of this 
article. 
Powers of 
investigation in 
connection with 
offences 
cognizable by 
courts outside 
Malta. 
Added by: 
II. 1998.5. 
Cap. 101. 
120D. (1) Where the Attorney General receives a request made 
by the judicial or prosecuting authority of any place outside Malta 
for investigations to take place in Malta in respect of a person 
(hereinafter referred to as "the suspect") suspected by that authority 
of an act or omission which if committed in these Islands, or in 
corresponding circumstances, would constitute any of the offences 
mentioned in article 120C(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d) the Attorney 
General may apply to the Criminal Court for an investigation order 
or an attachment order or for both and the provisions of article 24A 
of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall mutatis mutandis apply to 
that application and to the suspect and to any investigation or 
attachment order made by the court as a result of that application. 
Cap. 101. 
(2) The words "investigation order" in article 24A(2) and (5) of 
the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall be read and construed as 
including an investigation order made under the provisions of this 
article. 
Cap. 101. 
(3) The words "attachment order" in article 24A(6A) of the 
Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall be read and construed as 
including an attachment order made under the provisions of this 
article. 
Freezing of 
property of person 
accused with 
offences 
cognizable by 
courts outside 
Malta. 
Added by: 
II. 1998.5. 
Cap. 101. 
120E. (1) Where the Attorney General receives a request made 
by a judicial or prosecuting authority of any place outside Malta for 
the temporary seizure of all or any of the moneys or property, 
movable or immovable, of a person (hereinafter in this article 
referred to as "the accused") charged or accused in proceedings 
before the courts of that place of an offence consisting in an act or 
a n o m i s s i o n w h i c h i f c o m m i t t e d i n t h e s e I s l a n d s , o r i n 
corresponding circumstances, would constitute any of the offences 
mentioned in article 120C(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), the Attorney 
General may apply to the Criminal Court for an order (hereinafter 
referred to as a "freezing order") having the same effect as an order 
as is referred to in article 22A(1) of the Dangerous Drugs 
Ordinance and the provisions of the said article 22A shall, subject 
to the provisions of subarticle (2) of this article, apply mutatis 
mutandis to that order. 
Cap. 101. (2) The provisions of article 24C(2) to (5) of of the Dangerous 
Drugs Ordinance shall apply to an order made under this article as 
if it were an order made under the said article 24C. 
Cap. 101. (3) Article 22B of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall also 
apply to any person who acts in contravention of a freezing order 
under this article.

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 29 
Enforcement of 
confiscation orders 
made by courts 
outside Malta 
following 
conviction for 
offences 
cognizable by 
those courts. 
Added by: 
II. 1998.5. 
Cap. 101. 
120F. (1) A confiscation order made by a court outside Malta 
providing or purporting to provide for the confiscation or forfeiture 
of proceeds from the commission of a relevant offence shall be 
enforceable in Malta in accordance with the provisions of article 
24D(2) to (11) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance. 
(2) For the purposes of this article, but subject to the provisions 
of subarticle (3), "confiscation order" and "proceeds" shall have the 
same meanings assigned to them by article 24D(12) of the 
Dangerous Drugs Ordinance which meanings shall be construed in 
accordance with the meaning assigned to "property" by the same 
subarticle (12) and in accordance with the meaning assigned to 
"relevant offence" in subarticle (3). 
(3) For the purposes of this article "relevant offence" means 
any offence consisting in any act or omission which if committed in 
these Islands, or in corresponding circumstances, would constitute 
any of the offences mentioned in article 120C(1)(a), (b), (c) and 
(d). 
Unlawful 
obstruction, etc. 
Added by: 
XX. 1976.11. 
Amended by: 
XIII. 1983.5. 
121. Any person who prevents any other person from doing 
what he is enjoined or permitted to do under the provisions of this 
Ordinance or of any order or regulations made thereunder, or who 
undoes or frustrates anything which any other person may have 
done in compliance with any of the said provisions, shall be guilty 
of an offence and shall be liable - 
(a) on a first conviction, to a fine (multa) of not less than 
fifty liri but not exceeding five hundred liri, and 
(b) on a second or subsequent conviction, to imprisonment 
for a term of not less than one month but not exceeding 
six months, with or without the addition of a fine 
(multa) of not less than fifty liri but not exceeding five 
hundred liri. 
Burden of proof. 
Added by: 
II. 1998.6. 
121A. (1) In any proceedings against any person for an offence 
against this Ordinance, it shall not be necessary to negative by 
evidence any licence, authority or other matter of exception or 
defence, and the burden of proving any such matter shall lie on the 
person seeking to avail himself thereof. 
(2) When the offence charged is that of possession of, or of 
selling or dealing in, a drug contrary to the provisions of this 
Ordinance it shall not be a defence to such charge for the accused 
to prove that he believed that he was in possession of, or was 
selling or dealing in, some thing other than the drug mentioned in 
the charge if the possession of, or the selling or dealing in, that 
other thing would have been, in the circumstances, in breach of any 
other provision of this Ordinance or of any other law. 
Statement may be 
admitted as 
evidence. 
Added by: 
II. 1998.6. 
Cap. 9. 
121B. Notwithstanding the provisions of article 661 of the 
Criminal Code, where a person is involved in any offence against 
this Ordinance, any statement made by such person and confirmed 
on oath before a magistrate and any evidence given by such person 
before any court may be received in evidence against any other 
person charged with an offence against the said Ordinance,

30 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
provided it appears that such statement or evidence was made or 
given voluntarily, and not extorted or obtained by means of threats 
or intimidation, or of any promise or suggestion of favour. 
Controlled delivery 
and purchase. 
Added by: 
II. 1998.6. 
Amended by: 
VI. 2000.8. 
Cap. 101. 
121C. The provisions of article 30B of the Dangerous Drugs 
Ordinance shall apply mutatis mutandis to a controlled delivery of 
any drug listed under the Third Schedule to this Ordinance or of 
money, property or proceeds as referred to in article 120A(1D)(a) 
with a view to identifying persons involved in the commission of 
offences under this Ordinance or under the corresponding law in 
force in the territory of another country and the same provisions 
shall also apply mutatis mutandis to the acquisition or procurement 
of any such drug by the Executive Police. 
Persons transferred 
to Malta from 
abroad for the 
purpose of giving 
evidence or 
assisting in an 
investigation, etc. 
Added by: 
II. 1998.6. 
Cap. 101. 
121D. The provisions of article 30C of the Dangerous Drugs 
Ordinance shall apply mutatis mutandis to a witness, expert or 
other person in a foreign country who consents, in respect of an 
offence contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, to give 
evidence or to assist as provided in that article following a request 
for assistance as also provided in the same article. 
Co-operation in the 
suppression of 
relevant offences at 
sea. 
Added by: 
II. 1998.6. 
121E. (1) Where the Attorney General receives a request made 
by a judicial or prosecuting authority of any place outside Malta 
(hereinafter in this article referred to as the "requesting authority") 
seeking authorization for the competent authorities of that place to 
take appropriate measures in regard to a relevant vessel reasonably 
suspected to be engaged in the commission of a relevant offence the 
Attorney General may, with the concurrence of the Prime Minister, 
authorise the taking of the said measures by the aforesaid 
competent authorities subject to such conditions as may be agreed 
between the requesting authority and the Attorney General, with 
the concurrence of the Prime Minister. 
(2) Where authorisation has been given by the Attorney 
General as aforesaid the competent authorities referred to in subarticle 
(1), subject to the conditions as may have been agreed upon 
as provided in the preceding sub-article, shall be authorised to take 
the appropriate measures and to exercise on board the vessel in 
regard to which appropriate measures have been authorised under 
this article all such powers of arrest, entry, search and seizure as are 
vested in the Executive Police of Malta. 
(3) For the purposes of this article - 
"appropriate measures" with regard to a vessel include the 
boarding of and carrying a search on such vessel as well as such 
other appropriate action with respect to the vessel, persons and 
cargo on board such vessel if evidence of involvement of the vessel 
in a relevant offence is found; 
"relevant offence" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by 
article 120F(3); and 
"relevant vessel" means a ship or any other floating craft of any 
description, including hovercrafts and submersible crafts, flying 
the flag of Malta or displaying the marks of registry of Malta and 
exercising freedom of navigation in accordance with international

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 31 
law. 
More serious 
offence. 
Added by: 
XX.1976.11. 
Cap. 9. 
122. Where the act committed by an offender constitutes a more 
serious offence under the Criminal Code or any other law, the 
provisions of that Code or other law shall apply, in respect of that 
act. 
Interdiction. 123. Any person sentenced for an offence under article 33, 38 
or 90 who commits another offence against the provisions of any of 
such articles may, in addition to the punishment prescribed for such 
other offence, be sentenced to interdiction from the practice of his 
profession or trade for a term not exceeding three months. 
Right of appeal. 
Added by: 
XVII. 1986.4. 
Amended by: 
VIII. 1990.3. 
Cap. 9. 
123A. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Criminal Code, the 
Attorney General shall always have a right of appeal to the Court of 
Criminal Appeal from any judgment given by the Court of 
Magistrates in respect of criminal proceedings arising out of the 
provisions of article 120A. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.30. 
PART XII 
REGISTERS 
Inspection of 
registers. 
Added by: 
II. 1959.30. 
Amended by: 
V. 1985.13. 
124. Repealed by: XII. 2003.52. 
SCHEDULES 
Added by: 
XVI. 1983.27. 
FIRST SCHEDULE 
(Article 7) 
PART 1 
A Lead poisoning 
Phosphorus poisoning 
Manganese poisoning 
Arsenical poisoning 
Mercury poisoning 
Carbon-bisulphide poisoning 
Benzene poisoning and poisoning from Nitro and Amido 
derivatives of Benzene and its homologues 
Aniline poisoning 
Compressed air illness (Caisson Disease) 
Anthrax 
Epitheliomatous ulceration or chrome ulceration 
Poisoning attributed to occupational exposure to pesticides 
Brucellosis attributed to occupational exposure

32 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
Cadmium poisoning 
Cancer of occupation origin 
Blood dyscrasias of occupational origin 
Toxic jaundice 
Acute or chronic effects of exposure to radiation 
Asthma of occupational origin 
B "Gassing" incidents in which a person is affected as a 
result of occupational exposure to gasses or fumes 
Part 2 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
Notification of Occupational Disease or Incident 
(Article 7) 
1. Name of patient ..................................................................... 
2. Age ................................... Sex ............................................. 
3. Address ................................................................................. 
4. Present/last occupation .......................................................... 
5. Name and address of present/last employer ............................ 
................................................................................................... 
6. Name and address of previous employer (if previous 
employment is suspected to be the cause) ............................... 
................................................................................................... 
7. Type of disease/poisoning/incident ........................................ 
8. Harmful agent/process suspected to be the cause of disease 
poisoning / incident ............................................................... 
9. Dates (even approximate) of beginning and cessation of 
exposure to risk ..................................................................... 
............................................... 
Signature of Medical Practitioner 
Date....................................... ......................................... 
Name and Address

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 33 
Added by: 
XXII. 1957.11. 
Amended by: 
XVI. 1983.6. 
Substituted by: 
V. 1985.14. 
SECOND SCHEDULE 
(Article 7) 
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH AND CAUSE THEREOF 
1. Name and surname ............................................................... 
2. Age and sex........................ Identity Card No......................... 
(if dead person had an Identity Card) 
3. Place of birth ........................................................................ 
4. Residence ............................................................................. 
5. Profession, trade or other status ............................................. 
6. Name and surname of parents and whether living or dead ...... 
.................................................................................................. 
7. Whether bachelor or spinster, married, widower or widow, and 
in the latter two cases the name and surname of the husband 
or wife ................................................................... 
8. Hour, day, month and year of death ....................................... 
9. Place where death occurred ................................................... 
*10. Cause of death: 
11. Place of interment ................................................................. 
12. Signature of the Medical Practitioner .................................... 
Date ............................................................................... 
Name in Block Letters .................................................... 
Address .......................................................................... 
I Approximate interval 
between onset and death 
Disease or condition 
directly leading to 
death 
(a) ............................................ 
(due to or as a 
consequence of) .................. 
Antecedent causes; morbid 
conditions, if any, giving 
rise to the above cause, 
stating the underlying 
condition last 
(b) ........................................... 
(due to or as a 
consequence of) ............... 
(c) ............................................ 
II 
Other significant conditions 
contributing to the death 
b u t n o t r e l a t e d t o t h e 
d i s e a s e o r c o n d i t i o n 
causing it 
................................................. 
.................................................

34 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
TO THE POLICE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE ACTS OF 
DEATH IN ................................................................................. 
*NOTES: 
The certifier should enter under - 
I. (a) The disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading to 
death, i.e. the disease, injury or complication which was the direct cause of death. This 
does not mean the mode of dying e.g. heart failure, asthenia, etc. 
(b) The condition, if any, considered to have been antecedent to the direct cause, 
both in respect of time and of etiological or pathological relationship. A condition can 
be entered as antecedent even though a long interval of time has elapsed since its onset 
or since the occurrence of symptoms of it. 
(c) Any other condition which is considered to be antecedent to (b) in the same 
sense as described above. 
If it is thought that there has not been any antecedent condition as defined above, 
lines I (b) and I (c) should be left blank. 
On no account must the starting point of the sequence of disease be entered in Part II 
because of lack of space for it in Part I. 
II. Any other conditions which, though not in the causal sequence in Part I, appear to 
have contributed something to the fatal outcome. 
Added by: 
V.1985.15. 
Amended by: 
XVII.1986.5; 
L.N. 34 of 1986. 
Substituted by: 
L.N. 48 of 1990. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 31 of 1997; 
L.N. 79 of 1998; 
L.N. 285 of 2001; 
L.N. 38 of 2002; 
L.N. 209 of 2002; 
L.N. 222 of 2002; 
L.N. 212 of 2003; 
L.N. 374 of 2003. 
THIRD SCHEDULE 
(Article 40a) 
LIST OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS 
PART A 
International or other nonproprietary Chemical name 
name or other trivial name 
2C-1 (2,5-dimethoxy-4- 
iodophenethylamine) 
2C-T-2 (2,5-dimethoxy-4- 
ethylthiophenethylamine) 
2C-T-7 (2,5-dimethoxy-4-(n)- 
propylthiophenethylamine) 
TMA-2 (2,4,5,-trimethoxyamphetamine) 
CATHINONE (-)-a-aminopropiophenone 
DET N.N-diethyltryptamine 
DMA dl-2,5-dimethoxy-a-methylphenylethylamine 
DMHP 3- (1,2-dimethylheptyl)-1-hydroxy- 
7, 8, 9, 10-tetrahydro-6, 6, 9- 
trimethyl-6 H - dibenzo ġb,dħ pyran 
DMT N.N-dimethyltryptamine 
DOB,BROLAMFETAMINE 2,5-dimethoxy-4- 
bromoamphetamine 
(+)LYSERGIDE, LSD, LSD-25 (+)-N.N-diethyllysergamide 
(d-lysergic acid diethylamide) 
DOET dl-2, 5-dimethoxy-4-ethyl-amethylphenylethylamine 
MDA, METHYLENE 3, 4, methylenedioxyamphetamine 
DIOXYAMPHETAMINE 
MDMA, TENAMFETAMINE dl-3,4-methylenedioxy-N, a

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 35 
dimethyl-phenylethylamine 
MESCALINE, MESCAL 3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenethylamine 
BUTTON, PEYOTE, PEYOTL 
MMDA dl-5-methoxy-3, 4-methylenedioxya 
methylphenylethylamine 
PARAHEXYL 3-hexyl-1-hydroxy-7, 8, 9, 10-tetrahydro-
6,6,9-trimethyl-6Hdibenzo 
ġb, dħ pyran 
PCE, ETICYCLIDINE N-ethyl-1-phenylcyclohexylamine 
PHP, PCPY, ROLICYCLIDINE 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl) pyrrolidine 
PMA 4-methoxy-a-methylphenylethylamine 
PMMA paramethoxymethylamphetamine or 
N-methyl-1-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-2- 
aminopropane 
PSILOCINE, PSILOTSIN 3-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-4- 
hydroxyindole 
PSILOCYBINE 3-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-indol-4- 
yl di hydrogen phosphate 
STP. DOM 2-amino-1-(2, 5-dimethoxy- 4- 
methyl) phenylpropane 
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLS, 
ALL ISOMERS 1-hydroxy-3-pentyl-6a, 7, 10, l0atetrahydro-
6,6,9-trimethyl-6-Hdibenzo 
ġb, dħ pyran 
TCP, TENOCYCLIDNE 1-ġ1-(2-thienyl) cyclohexylħ piperidine 
TMA dl-3, 4, 5-trimethoxy-a-methylphenylethylamine 
And any derivatives, salts, or esters of the above. 
PART B 
International or other nonproprietary Chemical name 
name or other trivial name 
ALLOBARBITAL 5, 5-diallylbarbituric acid 
AMFEPRAMONE, 
DIETHYLPROPION 2-(diethylamino) propiophenone 
AMOBARBITAL 5-ethyl-5-(3-methylbutyl) barbituric 
acid 
AMINEPTINE (7-ġ(10, 11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo 
ġa,d,ħ cyclohepten-5-y-5-yl)aminoħ 
heptanoic acid) 
AMPHETAMINE (±)-2-amino-1-phenylpropane 
BARBITAL 5, 5-diethylbarbituric acid 
BENZPHETAMINE N-benzyl-N, -dimethylphenethylamine 
BUTALBITAL 5-allyl-5-isobutylbarbituric acid 
BUTOBARBITAL 5-butyl-5-ethylbarbituric acid 
CATHINE d-threo-2-amino-1-hydroxy-1-phenylpropane 
µ

36 CAP. 31.ħ MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS 
CHLORAL HYDRATE 2, 2, 2- trichloroethane-1,1-diol 
CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE 7-chloro-2-(methylamino)-5- 
CHLORMETHIAZOLE phenyl-3H-1, 4-benzodiazepine-4- 
oxide 
CHLORPHENTERMINE p-chloro- -dimethylphenethlylamine 
CYCLOBARBITAL 5-(1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-5-ethylbarbituric 
acid 
DEXAMPHETAMINE (+)-2-amino-1-phenylpropane 
DIAZEPAM and other 
compounds containing the 
chemical structure of 
DIHYDRO-1:4 BENZODIAZEPINE 
or of DIHYDRO-1:5 
BENZODIAZEPINE 
substituted to any degree 7-chloro-1, 3-dihydro-1-methyl-5- 
phenyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazepine-2- 
one 
ETHCHLORVYNOL ethyl-2-chlorovinylethynylcarbinol 
ETHINAMATE 1-ethynylcyclohexanolcarbamate 
FENCAMFAMIN dl-N-ethyl-3-phenylbicyclo (2,2,1)- 
heptan-2-amine 
FENETYLLINE dl-3, 7-dihydro-1, 3 dimethyl-7-(2- 
ġ(1-methyl-2-phenylethyl) aminoħ 
ethyl)-1H-purine-2, 6-dione 
FENFLURAMINE N-ethyl- -methyl-m(trifluoromethyl) 
phenethylamine 
FENPROPOREX dl-3-ġ(a-methylphenethyl)aminoħ 
propionitrile 
GLUTETHIMIDE 2-ethyl-2-phenylglutarimide 
KETAMINE (±)-2-(2-Chlorophenyl)-2- 
methylaminocyclohexanone 
LEVAMPHETAMINE 1-a-methylphenethylamine 
LEVOMETHAMPHETAMINE 1-N,a-dimethylphenethylamine 
MAZINDOL 5-(p-chlorophenyl)-2, 5-dihydro-3Himidazo 
ġ2, 1- aħ isoindol -5-ol 
MECLOQUALONE 3-(o-chlorophenyl)-2-methyl-4 (3H)- 
quinazolinone 
MEFENOREX dl-N-(3-chloropropyl)-amethylphenethylamine 
MEPHENTERMINE N- -trimethylphenethylamine 
MEPROBAMATE 2-methyl-2-propyl-1, 3-propanediol 
dicarbamate 
METHAMPHETAMINE (+)-2-methylamino-1-phenylpropane 
METHAMPHETAMINE 
RACEMATE METHAQUALONE 2-methyl-3-o-tolyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone 
METHYLPHENIDATE 2-phenyl-2(2-piperidyl) acetic acid, 
methylester 
METHYLPHENOBARBITAL 5-ethyl-1-methyl-5-phenylbarbituric 
µ 
µ 
µ

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ġCAP. 31. 37 
acid 
METHYPRYLON 3, 3-diethyl- 5-methyl-2, 4- 
piperidine-dione 
N-ETHYLAMPHETAMINE dl-N-ethyl-a-methylphenylethylamine 
PARALDEHYDE acetaldehyde trimer 
PENTAZOCINE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, hexahydro-6, 11- 
dimethyl-3 -(3-methyl-2-butenyl)- 
2, 6-methano-3-benzazocin-8-ol 
PENTOBARBITAL 5-ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl) barbituric 
acid 
PHENCYCLIDINE 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl) piperidine 
PHENDIMETRAZINE (+)-3, 4-dimethyl -2-phenylmorpholine 
PHENMETRAZINE 3-methyl-2-phenylmorpholine 
PHENOBARBITAL 5-ethyl-5-phenylbarbituric acid 
PHENTERMINE a, a-dimethylphenethylamine 
PIPRADROL 1,1-diphenyl-1-(2-piperidyl) 
methanol 
PROPYLHEXEDRINE dl-1-cyclohexyl-2-methylaminopropane 
PYROVALERONE dl-1-(4-methylphenyl)-2-(1- 
pyrrolidinyl)-1-pentanone 
SECBUTABARBITAL 5-sec-butyl-5-ethylbarbituric acid 
SECOBARBITAL 5-allyl-5-(1-methylbutyl) barbituric 
acid 
SPA, LEFETAMINE (-)-1-dimethylamine-1, 2, 
diphenylethane 
TRAMADOL (±)-trans-2-Dimethylaminomethyl-1- 
(3-methoxyphenyl) cyclohexanol 
VINYLBITAL 5-(1-methyl-butyl)-5- 
vinylbarbituric acid. 
ZOLPIDEM (N,N,6-trimethyl-2-p-tolylimidazo 
ġ1,2- ħpyridine-3-acetamide) 
(no such name) 2C-B (4-bromo-2,5- 
domethoxyphenethylamine) 
(no such name) 4-MTA ( -methyl-4- 
methylthiophenethylamine 
(no such name) GHB (g-hydroxybutyric acid) 
And any salts or esters of the above.
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