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Law No. 9 of 1987 on Control and Regulation of Control and Regulation of Narcotic Drugs and Dangerous Psychotropic Substances (NDDPS)

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 9Date: 06/04/1987 Corresponding to 07/08/1407 HijriNumber of Articles: 65Status: In force

Official Gazette :Issue: 4Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 01/01/1987 Corresponding to 01/05/1407 HijriPage from: 2899

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Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Dangerous Psychotropic Substances

10 Article - Amended

Article 10

There may be no traffic in NDDPS except with the express advance permission from the Ministry of Public Health. Such permission may not be granted to the following:
1. A person convicted for a felony with a liberty-restricting sentence.
2. A person convicted for an offence provided for in this Law.
3. A person convicted for committing, attempting to, or abetting of commit crimes against property, a sexual or moral, adultery, profligacy, prostitution, and gambling; or falsification of documents or using falsified documents, or crimes relating to impersonation or perjury.
4. A person dismissed from public service for disciplinary reasons relating to honor, honesty and integrity. The permission and licence shall be revoked if the licencee is found guilty and convicted of one of the offences stated herein.
11 Article - Amended

Article 11

Trading in NDDPS may be licenced only on the condition that this trafficking is conducted through a pharmacy, a drugstore, a drug warehouse or a medical factory, which satisfies such conditions as may be specified by a decision of the Minister of Public Health.
An establishment licenced to traffic in NDDPS shall employ a pharmacist licenced to practice in the State of Qatar who shall be responsible for managing the establishment and those matters pertaining to narcotic drugs in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
12 Article - Amended

Article 12

Managers of the establishment licenced to traffic in NDDPS may not sell, deliver or administer such substances in whatever capacity except to the persons and authorities provided for in Article 5 of this Law, in accordance with a licence from the Ministry of Public Health. The Minister of Public Health shall issue a decision specifying the conditions and procedures for issuing such licences.

NDDPS that have been sold or administered shall be delivered only against a receipt made out by the person taking delivery thereof, in one original and three copies, each of them indicating in print the name and address of the recipient and, in indelible ink, the full name, nature and concentration of the narcotic drug or dangerous psychotropic substance, the date, and the quantity in figures and in words.

The original and three copies of the receipt shall be signed by the person taking delivery and stamped with the seal of the recipient, with the word "narcotic drug" appearing at the centre of the seal.
The manager of the establishment shall, indicate on the original and three copies of the receipt that delivery has been effected, stating the date of delivery, whereupon the manager shall keep the original, give one copy to the person taking delivery, and send one copy each to the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Public Health by registered letter on the day following the date of delivery of the goods at the latest. The establishment manager shall mark on the receipt and its three copies a statement to the effect of the delivery and the date thereof. The manager shall keep the original and give the receiver one of the copies and send the other copies with a covering letter to each of the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Public Health by the next working day after the delivery.
13 Article - Amended

Article 13

Managers of establishment licenced to traffic in NDDPS shall, in the first week of every month, send to the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Public Health, by registered letter,a statement signed thereby listing the NDDPS received and dispensed during the previous month and the remaining NDDPS by filling out the forms prepared by the Ministry of Public Health.
14 Article - Amended

Article 14

An establishment licensed to trade in NDDPS, whose licence is cancelled shall liquidate its stocks under the supervision of a committee appointed by the Minister of Public Health, on which the Ministry of the Interior shall be represented.