Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NARCOTIC DRUGS ACT 1967 - SECT 23

             (1)  The Secretary may, by notice in writing served on a person who is a licensed manufacturer, a manufacturer of narcotic preparations or a wholesale dealer in drugs or narcotic preparations, require that person to keep such records, and to furnish to the Secretary such returns and information, as are specified in the notice with respect to the following matters or such of those matters as are specified in the notice:

                     (a)  the manufacture of drugs or narcotic preparations by the person;

                     (b)  the acquisition and disposal of, and any other dealings in, drugs and narcotic preparations by the person; and

                     (c)  the stocks of drugs and narcotic preparations from time to time in the possession or control of the person.

             (2)  A person shall comply with a notice served on him or her in pursuance of the last preceding subsection.

Penalty:  One thousand dollars.

             (3)  An offence under subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:          For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .