Deposit in and withdrawal from Government store

(1) All drugs to which Parts VI, VII and VIII apply shall be imported and landed at the prescribed ports of entry by land, air or water only and shall be deposited at the cost, risk and peril of the person importing the same in the Queen’s warehouses at Belize City or in such stores as the Minister may from time to time appoint for purpose. (2) Upon receipt of any drugs to which Parts VI, VII and VIII apply the drugs shall be checked by the importer or his duly authorised agent and Customs Officer, and full particulars shall be entered in a special book to be called the “Drug Record Book”. (3) Any importer who desires to withdraw any of the said drugs from storage shall give twenty-four hours’ notice in writing of his intention to the Director of Health Services and the Comptroller of Customs who may, if they are of the opinion that the importer is not a suitable person to receive the drugs, forbid the withdrawal thereof and in which case the importer shall at his own expense return the same to the consignor thereof. Misuse of Drugs 53