E/NL. 1959/52 2 December 1959 UNITED NATIONS ENGLISH ONLY LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION OF 13 JULY 1931 FOR LIMITING THE MANUFACTURE AND REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, AS AMENDED BY THE PROTOCOL OF 11 DECEMBER 1946 BAHRAIN Communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NOTE BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL-In accordance with Article 21 of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the Protocol of 11 December 1946, the Secretary-General has the honour to communicate the following legislative text. NOTICE The following Regulation, made by me and allowed by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, is published for general information. M.C.G. MAN Her Majesty's Acting Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Bahrain, July 2, 1959. Queen's Regulation made under Article 82 of the Bahrain Orders, 1952 to 1956 No. 1 of 1959 THE BAHRAIN DANGEROUS DRUGS REGULATION, 1959 1. The Bahrain Control of Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1959, an English translation of which is annexed hereto, and which has been given the force of law in Bahrain by Order of His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain, shall apply from the date hereof to all persons subject to the Bahrain Orders, 1952 to 1956, except the Medical Services of Her Majesty's Armed Forces. 2. Any such person found guilty of an offence against the said Regulations shall be liable to the penalties therein prescribed. 3. The Bahrain Dangerous Drugs Regulation, 1955 (No. 2 of 1955)^ is hereby repealed, but this repeal shall not interfere with the prosecution of any offence committed against any provision of that Regulation. 4. This Regulation may be cited as "The Bahrain Dangerous Drugs Regulation, 1959". M.C.G. MAN Her Majesty's Acting Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Bahrain, July 2, 1959 Allowedt SELWYN LLOYD Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1/ Note by"the Secretariatt E/NL.1956/97 . - 2 - ANNEX THE BAHRAIN CONTROL OF DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE, 1959 1. (1) No person or body of persons shall procure, be in possession of, sell or otherwise supply any dangerous drugs in Bahrain or its Dependencies except the Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain (hereinafter called the Government), any State Hospital or State Dispensary, the American Mission Hospital, the Bahrain Petroleum Company Hospital and such other persons or bodies of persons as may be authorized from time to time to be in possession of or to sell or otherwise to supply such drugs under licence from the Health Department of the Government. (2) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit individuals from having in their possession such quantities of drugs as may be prescribed in good faith for their personal use for medical reasons by a medical practitioner who has been approved by the Government for the purpose. (3) No medical practitioner shall issue a prescription for dangerous drugs to any person for any purpose other than bona fide medical treatment. 2. All persons and bodies of persons authorized under Section 1 of this Ordinance to be in possession of or to sell or otherwise supply dangerous drugs shall maintain a register in the form set out in Schedule A to this Ordinance and enter therein in chronological sequence true particulars with respect to every quantity of any drug or preparation supplied. In this book shall be recorded the date on which the drug was received, the name and address of the person or firm from whom it was obtained, the amount obtained and the form ij which it was obtained and, with respect to the supply of any such drug, the date on which the trans• action was effected, the name and address of the person or firm supplied, the authority of such person or firm supplied to be in possession, the amount of drug supplied and the form in which such drug was supplied. 3. Entries in the register, which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by an authorized representative of the Health Department of the Government, shall be made on the day on which the drug is received or on which the transaction with respect to the supply of the drug takes place or, if that is not reasonably practicable, oh the next day following the said day. 4. No person or body of persons shall import into or export from Bahrain and its Dependencies any dangerous drugs without the written authority of the Director of Customs which will be given only on the production to him of: (a) a declaration made by the importer or exporter setting out in detail the descriptions and quantities of the dangerous drugs to be imported or exported, and (b) in the case of any of the drugs listed in Schedule B hereto, a signed copy of an import or export licence issued by Her Britannic Majesty's Political Agent at Bahrain in respect of the drugs. 5. (l) Any person who within Bahrain and its Dependencies aids, counsels or procures the commission in any place outside Bahrain and its Dependencies of any offence punishable under the provisions of any' law in force in such place and providing for the control or regulation of the manufacture, sale, possession, use, export or import of dangerous drugs shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance. (2) For the purpose of prosecution under the preceding sub-section the Court may receive in evidence a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the Government of any place outside Bahrain and stating that any law mentioned in the said certificate is a law providing for the control or regulation in such place of the manufacture, sale, possession, use, export or import of dangerous drugs and any statement in any such certificate as to the effect of the law mentioned in the certificate or any statement in any such certificate that any facts constitute an offence against the law shall be conclusive unless the contrary is proved to the satisfaction of the Court. - 3 - 6. No person or body of persons shall attempt to do or aid any other person or body of persons in doing anything which is an offence under this Ordinance. 7. Any person found guilty of an offence under this Ordinance shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding Rs.5,000 or to both, and any dangerous drugs and receptacles and things in relation to which or to the contents of which any offence against this Ordinance has been committed, shall be liable to forfeiture. 8. The expression "dangerous drugs" used in this Ordinance means the drugs listed in Schedules B and C hereto, but does not include the preparations listed in Schedule D hereto. 9. The Bahrain (Control of Dangerous Drugs) Regulations 1374 (1954) are hereby repealed but this repeal shall not interfere with the prosecution of any offence committed thereunder prior to the date of this repeal. 10. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Bahrain Control of Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1959", and shall come into force on the second day of July, 1959. SCHEDULE A Form of Register PART I (Entries to be made in case of drugs or preparations obtained) The class of drugs and preparations to which the entries relate to be specified at the head of each page of the Register. Name Address Date on which Form in which Amount obtained supply received Of pei'so n or firm obtained from wllor a obtained PART II (Entries to be made in case of drugs or preparations supplied) The class of drugs and preparations to which the entries relate to be specified at the head of each page of the Register. Name Address Authority of Date on which person or firm Amount Form in which transaction Of person or supplied to be supplied supplied was effected firm supplied in possession - 4 - SCHEDULE B FART I Raw opium; Prepared opium; Coca leaves; Cannabis (Indian hemp); Cannabis resin and preparations whose basis is a resin of cannabis. PART II Medicinal opium; Any extract or tincture of cannabis (Indian hemp) and any preparation, not being a preparation capable of external use only, made from'extract or tincture of cannabis; Morphine and its salts, and any solution or dilution of morphine or its salts in an inert substance whether liquid or solid containing any proportion of morphine, and any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance (not being such a solution or dilution as aforesaid) containing not less than one-fifth of one per cent of morphine (calculated in respect, of anhydrous morphine); Cocaine (including synthetic cocaine) and ecgonine and their respective salts, and any solution or dilution of cocaine or its salts in an inert substance, whether liquid or solid, containing any proportion of cocaine, and any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance (not being such a solution or dilution as aforesaid) containing not less than one-tenth of one per cent of cocaine or any proportion of ecgonine; Ethylmorphine (also known as dionine) and methylmorphine (also known as codeine) and their respective salts and any preparation, admixture or other substance (except syrupus Codeinae Phosphatis B.P.C. 1934 or 1949) containing any proportion of ethylmorphine or methylmorphine associated with any inert substance whether solid or liquid, and any preparation, admixture or other substance containing more than 2.5 per cent of ethylmorphine or methylmorphine (calculated as pure drug) associated with any other medicinal substance.