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Ordinance No. 11 of 1922.
Restriction on use of certain titles, etc.
23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 3.
Conditions to be
fulfilled by pharmacist
in order to become authorised seller of poisons.
23 & 24 Geo. 5,
c. 25, s. 8.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 28, 1937.
(b) makes or has in his possession a document so closely resembling any such certificate as aforesaid as to be calculated to deceive,
he shall be liable on summary conviction, in respect of each offence, to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding fifty dollars for every day subsequent to the day on which he is convicted of the offence during which the contravention continues.
(4) In this section, the expression "forges" has the same meaning as in the Forgery Ordinance, 1922.
9.-(1) It shall not be lawful for a person, unless he is registered as a pharmacist, to take or use the title of "chemist and druggist ", or of druggist or of pharmacist or of pharmaceutist or of pharmaceutical chemist or of member of the Pharmaceutical Society, or to take or use in connection with the sale of goods by retail the title of chemist.
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In this section title or description includes the equivalent of such title or description in any language what-
soever.
(2) It shall not be lawful for a person to use in con- nection with any business any title, emblem or description reasonably calculated to suggest that he or anyone employed in the business possesses any qualification with respect to the selling, dispensing or compounding of drugs or poisons other than the qualification which he in fact possesses.
For the purposes of this sub-section the use of the description pharmacy", dispensary "drug-store
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or medical hall in connection with a business carried on on any premises shall be deemed to be reasonably calculated to suggest that the owner of the business and the person having the control of the business on those premises are registered pharmacists.
If a person acts in contravention of the foregoing provisions of this section, he shall on summary conviction be liable in respect of each offence to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine not exceeding fifty dollars for every day subsequent to the day on which he is convicted of the offence during which the contravention continues.
10. A registered pharmacist carrying on a business which comprises the retail sale of drugs shall be an authorised seller of poisons within the meaning of this Ordinance if the following conditions are complied with:-
(a) In each set of premises where the business is carried on, the business must, so far as concerns the retail sale of drugs, be under the personal control of the pharmacist him- self or of some other registered pharmacist; and
(b) the name and certificate of registration of the person having the control of the business as aforesaid must be con- spicuously exhibited in the premises.
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