Hong Kong Regulations

DANGEROUS DRUGS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7

Preservation of documents

(1) All registers, records, books, prescriptions and other documents which are
kept, issued or made pursuant to the requirements, or for the purposes, of the
Ordinance shall be preserved-

(a) in the case of a register, book or other like record, for a period of two
years from the date on which the last entry therein is made; and

   (b)  in the case of any other document, for a period of two years from the
        date on which it is issued or made.

(2) In the case of any document kept pursuant to paragraph (6) of regulation
5, the keeping of a copy thereof made at any time during the said period of
two years shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph

(1) as if it were the keeping of the original document.

(3) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of paragraph

(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine
of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months. [cf. S.I.
1964/1811 reg. 26 U.K.]