Section 12: Import of dangerous drugs

(1) An import authorisation as in Form C in the Schedule to this Act permitting the importation into Nigeria of any dangerous drug specified therein, may be granted by the Minister of Health, subject to such conditions as he shall deem fit, to any person who may lawfully import such drug and in all cases it shall be within the absolute discretion of the Minister of Health to issue or refuse an import authorisation, as he may see fit.
[Form C. Schedule.]
(2) Every import authorisation shall be issued in duplicate of which one copy shall be forwarded by the intending importer to the person from whom the drug is to be obtained.
(3) No dangerous drug shall be imported into Nigeria unless the person to whom the drug is consigned isin possession of a valid and subsisting import authorisation granted in pursuance of this section.
(4) Every dangerous drug imported into Nigeria from a country which is a party to the Convention shall be accompanied by a valid subsisting export authorisation or diversion certificate.
(5) No person shall import, cause to be imported, or take any steps preparatory to importing, any dangerous drug into Nigeria except in pursuance of and in accordance with the provisions of this Act.