Any locality, premises, establishment or site substantially used for the purpose of illegal manufacture, distribution, dispensing, administering, using, selling, transferring, storage, keeping or concealing controlled substances shall be deemed a [public] nuisance. No person shall keep or maintain such a [public] nuisance. In such cases the Secretary of Health may institute the corresponding procedure to obtain a judicial order prohibiting the continuance of such illegal situation. The closure of the premises, locality, establishment or site shall not prevent that said property be used for lawful purposes.\nHistory —June 23, 1971, No. 4, p. 526, § 415, renumbered as § 416 on Sept. 3, 1997, No. 110, § 3, eff. 30 days after Sept. 3, 1997.
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