Bill 43 — Fifth Session, 15Th Legislature, 15 Eltzad~F.W:~I the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 43 An Act To Amend the Public Health Act (Legislature 15, Session 5)

L15 S5 1244

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1967 Bill Fifth Session, 15th Legislature, 15 EltzaD~f.w:~I THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

An Act to amend The Public Health Act THE MINISTER OF HEALTH First Reading ................................................... . Second Reading ........................................... . Third Reading .......................................................... . Printed by L. S. Wall. Queen's Printer, Edmonton BILL

An Act to amend The Public Health Act (Assented to , 1967) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: :1. The Public Health Act is amended by adding the follow ing

section after

section 41 : 4'2.

(1) In this

section "hallucinogenic drug" means ly sergic acid diethylamide or any hallucinogenic substance designated by the Minister as a hallucinogenic drug for the purposes of this section.

(2) No person shall, within Alberta, (

a) manufacture, or (

b) sell, give or otherwise distribute, or (

c) have in his possession, or (

d) administer to himself, or (

e) administer to any other person, any hallucinogenic drug, unless authorized to do so pur suant to subsection (4).

(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction (

a) to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, or (

b) to imprisonment for a term of not less than 15 days and not more than 90 days, or to both such a fine and imprisonment.

(4) The Minister, in his discretion, (

a) may authorize a duly qualified medical practitioner to administer a hallucinogenic drug to himself or to others for the purposes of research, and (

b) may, for that purpose, authorize the manufacture distribution and the having possession of the hal: lucinogenic drug, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Minister prescribes.

(5) This

section is intended to operate only as to matters within the legislative jurisdiction of the Province. 2. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. Explanatory Notes I.

Chapter of the Revised Statutes is amended to prohibit the use of LSD and similar drugs, except for research purposes. Title: 1967 (15th, 5th) Bill 43,

An Act to amend The Public Health Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L15 S5 1244
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L15 S5 1244
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	9ed61191f331acc7b2c52108f8b7e3fdd9735b35

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