Section 10: Limitation of stocks

10. Limitation of stocks (1) On or before 31 December each year, the Permanent Secretary shall, in the light of the prevailing market conditions, lay down the maximum quantities of the various substances and preparations that each licensed private enterprise and specially authorised State-owned enterprise under this Part may manufacture or stock, during the following year, as required for the normal conduct of its business. (2) The Permanent Secretary may at any time alter the limits laid down by him in accordance with subsection (1), and shall promptly notify each licensee in writing of the limits applicable to it under subsection (1) or, as the case may be, under this subsection. (3) The Permanent Secretary may, where he is satisfied that a person authorised to stock a dangerous drug holds a quantity in excess of his annual entitlement, requisition the surplus quantity of the drug upon payment of an amount not less than the amount paid to acquire the drug.