(a) No person shall-
(i) acquire, use, possess, manufacture, or supply any Schedule 7 or Schedule 8 substance, or manufacture any
specified Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 substance unless he or she has been issued with a permit by the Director-general for such acquisition, use, possession, manufacture, or supply: Provided that the Director-General may,
subject to such conditions as he or she may determine, acquire or authorise the use of any Schedule 7 or Schedule 8 substance in order to provide a medical practitioner, analyst, researcher or veterinarian therewith on the prescribed conditions for the treatment or prevention of a medical condition in a particular patient, or for the
purposes of education, analysis or research;
(ii) manufacture, use or supply any Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 substance for other than medicinal purposes, unless he or she has been issued by the Director-General with a permit for such manufacture, use or supply upon
the prescribed conditions.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Director-General may at any time revoke any permit issued in terms of that paragraph if any condition on which the permit was issued is not being complied with.
(c) A permit issued in terms of this subsection shall be valid for a period of 12 calendar months after the date of issue thereof.