The Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2002 came into force on 1 November 2002. It defined consumption to include eating, chewing, smoking, swallowing, drinking, inhaling or introducing a drug into the body, and inserted a presumption that a drug found in urine had been consumed. It created section 39C repeat-user penalties of five to seven years plus up to three strokes, and seven to thirteen years plus three to six strokes for a subsequent offence.[1]
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References
- Malaysia — Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2002 (Act A1167)Sections 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8; in force 1 November 2002 [P.U.(B) 342/2002].
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