Opium and Chandu Proclamation No. 49, published on 24 January 1946, prohibited the sale and use of opium and chandu except for medical purposes and required possessors to surrender opium, pipes and utensils within fourteen days. It was the first territory-wide drug prohibition in Malaya. Cannabis was already banned by state ganja enactments and was later folded into the 1952 Dangerous Drugs Ordinance.[1][2]
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References
- United Nations — Opium and Chandu Proclamation No. 49, BMA Malaya Gazette, 24 January 1946p. 1, note 1; publication date and amending notifications.
- BiblioAsia — All Smoke? Opium Propaganda in the Syonan Shimbun (1 January 2025)Opium and Chandu Proclamation published in the Singapore Gazette on 1 February 1946.
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