(1) A person who forges or fraudulently alters, or utters knowing it to be forged or fraudulently altered, a prescription or order for a prohibited drug commits a simple offence.

(2) A person who by any false representation, whether oral or in writing or otherwise, causes or induces ¾

(a) a person licensed under the Poisons Act 1964 to manufacture, sell or supply any prohibited drug; or

(b) a medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or dentist,

to administer or supply to him by injection or otherwise a prohibited drug commits a simple offence.

[Section 8 amended by No. 9 of 2003 s. 30.]