Act No. 13, 2003
MEDICINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES
CONTROL ACT, 2003
to appear before the appeal committee at a date, place and time specified in
the summons, to be interrogated or to produce that document or thing, and
retain for examination any document or thing produced by that person;
(b)
administer an oath to, or accept an affirmation from, a person called as a
witness at the appeal; and
(c)
call a person present at the hearing of the appeal as a witness and interrogate
him or her and require him or her to produce any document or thing in his
or her possession or under his or her control.
(6) The chairperson of the appeal committee must determine the procedure to
be followed at the hearing of an appeal.
(7)
The appeal committee may, after hearing an appeal
(a)
confirm, set aside or vary the relevant decision of the Council; and
(b)
direct the Council to execute the decision of the appeal committee in
connection with the appeal.
(8) The decision of the appeal committee must be in writing and a copy of the
decision must be furnished to the Minister, to the appellant and to the Council.
Inspectors
35. (1) The Permanent Secretary may authorise such persons to act as
inspectors as he or she may consider necessary for the enforcement of this Act.
(2) Every inspector must be furnished with a certificate signed by the Permanent
Secretary, stating that he or she is authorised to act as an inspector under this Act.
(3) Before an inspector exercises a power conferred on, or performs a function
assigned to, an inspector under this Act, he or she must exhibit the certificate referred to
in subsection (2) to a person affected by the exercise of that power or by the performance
of that function.
Powers of inspectors
36. (1) Subject to subsection (6), an inspector may at all reasonable times
and in connection with any medicine, scheduled substance or any other thing, which is
subject to this Act
(a)
enter any premises, place, vehicle, vessel or aircraft at or in which there is
on reasonable grounds suspected to be any medicine, scheduled substance
or any other thing, which is subject to this Act;
(b)
inspect any medicine or scheduled substance, a book, record or document,
or any other thing referred to in paragraph (a), found in or on any premises,
place, vehicle, vessel or aircraft referred to in the said paragraph (a);
(c)
seize any medicine or scheduled substance, a book, record or document, or
any other thing referred to in paragraph (a), found in or on any premises,
place, vehicle, vessel or aircraft referred to in the said paragraph (a), and
appearing to afford evidence of a contravention of a provision of this Act;
and