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PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933. Section 18 (Prohibitions and Regulations
with respect to sale of Poisons) enacts that, except in the case of an authorised
seller of poisons selling from premises duly registered under Part l of
the Act, no person shall sell any poison included in Part II of the Poisons
List unless his name is entered in a local authority's list of sellers of such
poisons. The requirements applicable are laid down in this Section and in the
Poisons Rules and are briefly as follows:-
The sale must be effected on the premises specified in the local authority's
list.
The container of the poison must be labelled with the various particulars
and in the prescribed manner.
No poison may be sold except in containers which comply with the requirements
of the Rules.
Certain specified poisons must not be sold by any person other than the
listed shopkeeper himself, or a responsible deputy nominated by him to the
local authority.
The sale of certain specified poisons may be made only to persons satisfying
the prescribed qualifications and must be entered in a Poisons Book to be kept
by the listed seller and to be available for inspection by the local authority.
Arrangements for storage must be satisfactory and in compliance with the
prescribed methods.
The names and addresses of 158 persons listed as sellers of Part II
Poisons were on the register at the end of the year. The main business of
these sellers was:-
Grocer 104
Hardware Store 34
Drug store 12
Hairdresser 2
Disinfectant manufacturer l
Disinfectant merchant 2
Mill furnisher 1
Soap manufacturer l
Seed merchant l
PHARMACY AND MEDICINES ACT, 1941. A Food and Drugs Authority has power
to enforce the following provisions of this Act:
SECTION 8, prohibits the publication of advertisements relating to certain
diseases.