Home minister: Proposed amendments to Drug Dependants Act being finalised

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Proposed Amendments,Saifuddin Nasution Ismail,Home Minister

PUTRAJAYA, May 23 — The Home Ministry (KDN) is in the final stages of amending the Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983 before the amendments are tabled in...

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Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the proposed amendments will first be presented at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Combating Drug Abuse , chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, on June 11. — Picture by Shafwan ZaidonPUTRAJAYA, May 23 — The Home Ministry is in the final stages of amending the Drug Dependants Act 1983 before the amendments are tabled in Parliament, said minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

“A few weeks ago, the Cabinet agreed that there is only one more phase needed to harmonise several provisions in the Bill, requiring further discussions between KDN and the Ministry of Health. Among the main issues emphasised in the amendments are offences involving administering prohibited substances into the body.

 

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