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Misuse of Drugs Act 1990
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19N Order on initial hearing of trial
Where a person is committed for trial for an offence with respect to
a dangerous drug involving an amount which is not less than the
minimum amount of the dangerous drug and which has not been
destroyed under section 19B or ordered to be destroyed, the court
hearing the trial shall, on the first occasion on which the matter is
mentioned before it, make a determination whether the dangerous
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drug should be retained.