Misuse of Drugs Act · s 15

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s 15

Any person who is proved or presumed to have had in his possession more than —

(a)

100 grammes of opium;

(b)

3 grammes of morphine;

(c)

2 grammes of diamorphine;

(d)

15 grammes of cannabis;

(e)

10 grammes of cannabis resin;

(f)

3 grammes of cocaine;

(g)

20 grammes of methylamphetamine; or

(h)

2 grammes of any or any combination of the following —

(i)

N, α-dimethyl-3,4-

(methylenedioxy) phenethylamine

(MDMA);

(ii)

α-methyl-3, 4-

(methylenedioxy) phenethylamine

(MDA);

* Transferred to the Minister — [S 27/1987]

Misuse of Drugs

(iii)

N-ethyl-α-methyl-3, 4-

(methylenedioxy)

phenethylamine (N-ethyl MDA or MDEA); or

(iv)

N-methyl-α-ethyl-3, 4-(methylenedioxy phenethylamine (MBDB), whether or not contained in any substance, extract, preparation or mixture shall, until the contrary in proved, be presumed to traffic in that controlled drug or have that controlled drug in his possession for the purpose of trafficking therein, as the case may be.