Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000334/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 May 2001.
1. The appellant was convicted on her own plea of an offence of possessing a Part I poison, ketamine, contrary to sections 23(1), 33(1) and 34 of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, Cap.138. That offence was committed prior to ketamine being included in the Schedule of Dangerous Drugs to Cap.134. The maximum penalty at the time of the offence for possessing this drug was accordingly two years' imprisonment.