SUBMISSION OF SPECIMENS AND/OR PARAPHERNALIA CONFISCATED BY LAW ENFORCERS FOR LABORATORY EXAMINATION TEST
amended, the Dangerous Drugs Board hereby prescribes the following
regulation:
SECTION 1. —
A. In Metro Manila — Specimens and/or
paraphernalia confiscated from violators of any of the provisions of
R.A. 6425, as amended, shall, within twenty-four (24) hours from the
time of the arrest or seizure be submitted by the arresting/apprehending
officer either to the Philippine Constabulary Criminalistic Laboratory,
National Bureau of Investigation or DDB Laboratory for laboratory
examination/test.B. In Places Outside Metro Manila
— If the arrest or seizure is made in places outside Metro Manila, said
specimens and/or paraphernalia shall be submitted within a reasonable
period to the nearest laboratory of the NBI or PCCL for the necessary
laboratory examination/test.SECTION 2. Violation hereof shall be dealt with administratively or criminally, as warranted in the premises.
SECTION 3. This regulation shall take effect after
its publication in a newspaper of general circulation once a week for
two (2) consecutive weeks.
Adopted: 15 Feb. 1990
(SGD.) TOMAS P. MARAMBA, JR. M.D., M.H.A.
Vice-Chairman
(Undersecretary of Health for Standards and Regulation)