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Amendment of section 65 of Principal Act.
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39.—Section 65 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—
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(a) by the deletion of the definition of “substance” in subsection (1) and the substitution therefor of the following:
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“the word ‘substance’ means a natural or artificial substance, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour, including a preparation or manufactured article or article which has been subjected to any artificial treatment or process;”
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(b) by the addition at the end of subsection (3) of the following paragraph—
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“(j) the enforcement and execution of the regulations—
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(i) by officers of the Minister,
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(ii) by health authorities and their officers,
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(iii) with the consent of the Minister for Finance, by officers of Customs and Excise,
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(iv) with the consent of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, by officers of that Minister.”
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(c) by the addition at the end of subsection (5) of the words “or by the health authority in whose functional area the offence is committed.”.
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