Where, in any proceedings for an offence against any of the provisions of section 6 or section 7 or section 12A or section 12AB or section 12AC, it is necessary, if the defendant is to be convicted of the offence charged, for the prosecution to prove that some substance, preparation, mixture, or article involved in the alleged offence was the controlled drug or precursor substance which the prosecution alleges it to have been, and it is proved that the substance, preparation, mixture, or article was that controlled drug or precursor substance, the defendant shall not be acquitted of the offence charged by reason only of the fact that he did not know or may not have known that the substance, preparation, mixture, or article in question was the particular controlled drug or precursor substance alleged.
Section 29 heading: amended, on 12 May 1998, by section 7 of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 14).
Section 29: amended, on 22 June 2005, by section 16 of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 81).
Section 29: amended, on 12 May 1998, by section 7(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 14).
Section 29: amended, on 12 May 1998, by section 7(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 14).