Victorian Current Acts

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 58

    (1)     Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act or the regulations, a person shall not sell a deleterious substance to another person if the first‑mentioned person knows or reasonably ought to have known or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person intends—

        (a)     to use the substance by drinking, inhaling, administering or otherwise introducing it into his body; or

        (b)     to sell or supply the substance to a third person for use by that third person in a manner mentioned in paragraph (a).

    (2)     A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable—

        (a)     where the offence relates to methylated spirits—

to a penalty of not more than 5 penalty units or imprisonment for a term of not more than one month or both that penalty and imprisonment;

        (b)     where the offence relates to a volatile substance—

to a penalty of not more than 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term of not more than two years or both that penalty and imprisonment.

S. 59 substituted by No. 10002 s. 6(1)(b).