Last Updated: 1 August 2022

[IDC 2] Interpretation2 

2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
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—

  • (a)any paper, parchment or other material used for writing or printing, carrying mark of any type capable of being read;
  • (b)any photograph, or any photographic negative, plate, slide, film or microfilm, or any photo static negative;
  • (c)any disc, tape, wire, sound track, card or other material or device in or on which information, sounds or other data are recorded, stored or embodied so as to be capable, with or without the aid of some other equipment, of being reproduced therefrom;
  • (d)any material by means of which information is supplied, whether directly or by means of any equipment, to any device used for recording or storing or processing information;
  • (e)any material derived, whether directly or by means of any equipment, from information recorded or stored or processed by any device used for recording or storing or processing information;
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.