Section 23: Keeping of registers

23. Keeping of registers (1) Subject to section 24, every person who supplies a dangerous drug shall— (a) keep a register in which entries shall be made by him or by a person under his control concerning every supply of a dangerous drug purchased or otherwise obtained by him and every transaction effected by him with respect to a dangerous drug; (b) make an entry in the register— (i) in respect of a dangerous drug obtained by him, on the day the dangerous drug is received; (ii) in respect of any sale or supply by him of a dangerous drug, on the day on which the transaction is effected; (c) where he carries on business at more than one set of premises, keep a separate register in respect of each set of premises; (d) keep the register in the part of the premises to which it relates; (e) make every entry in chronological sequence in ink; (f) make no correction of any entry otherwise than by a marginal note or footnote initialled and dated by him, giving the particulars of the correction; (g) on or before 15 January in every year, furnish the Permanent Secretary with a statement in the prescribed form containing all information respecting any dangerous drug delivered to him or obtained from him and the stock of dangerous drugs during the preceding year; and (h) on request, give to the Permanent Secretary such particulars of his stock of dangerous drugs or of any transaction involving a dangerous drug as the Permanent Secretary may require. (2) A register kept under subsection (1) shall— (a) be in the prescribed form; (b) have every page numbered serially. (3) No entry in a register shall be cancelled, obliterated or altered. [Issue 1] D2 – 14 Revised Laws of Mauritius (4) Every entry made under subsection (1) shall be expressed— (a) in the case of a solid, in grammes; (b) in the case of a powder, solution or ointment, in terms of the total quantity of the dangerous drugs supplied and the percentage of the dangerous drug contained in it; (c) in the case of tablets and other articles, in terms of the total quantity of the dangerous drugs contained in the tablet or article; and (d) in the case of a liquid, in millilitres. (5) A separate register may, with the approval of the Permanent Secretary, be kept for each branch of any business relating to the sale and supply of dangerous drugs.