AN ACT TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, SALE, SUPPLY, POSSESSION AND USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS AND CONTROLLED CHEMICALS AND FOR RELATED MATTERS
[IDC 2] Interpretation2
- authorised officer
means a person or class of persons appointed under section 29;
- controlled chemical
means a controlled chemical listed in Schedule 2 and includes preparation of those controlled chemicals;
- controlled equipment
means anything listed in Schedule 3;
- craft
means any aircraft, ship, boat or other machine or vessel used or capable of being used for the carriage or transportation of persons or goods, or both, by air or water or over or under water;
- cultivate
includes planting, sowing, scattering the seed, growing, nurturing, tending or harvesting and also includes the separating of opium, coca leaves, cannabis and its extracts from the plants from which they are obtained; and cultivation has a corresponding meaning;
- customs controlled area
has the same meaning given to “customs area” in the Customs Act 1986;
- document
means any record or information and includes—
- evidence
, in relation to the commission of an offence, includes any information, documents or goods that may assist with the investigation of an offence against this Act, and is not restricted to evidence that is to be produced in court;
- exclusive economic zone
has the meaning given in the Marine Spaces Act 1977;
- export
means to take, or cause to be taken, out of Fiji;
- goods
includes all kinds of movable property including animals;
- illicit drug
means any drug listed in Schedule 1;
- import
means to bring or cause to be brought, into Fiji and is a continuing process including any stage thereof until any item reaches the intended recipient;
- manufacture
means to carry out any process by which an illicit drug or controlled chemical is produced, and includes extracting, refining, formulating, preparing, mixing, compounding, transforming it into another drug or chemical, making an illicit drug or controlled chemical into dosage form, and packing;
- place
includes any land whether vacant, enclosed or built upon or not and any premises;
- property
includes currency and all other real or personal property of every description, whether situated in Fiji or elsewhere and whether tangible or intangible, and includes an interest in any such property;
- supply
includes distribute, give, sell and offer to supply;
- utensil
includes any article associated with the manufacture or administration of an illicit drug or controlled chemical; and
- vehicle
includes any type of conveyance for transport by land.