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Form of record of sales.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 5, 1939.
(The following note to be set out on the above form).
1. A person whose name is entered in the Registrar's list (i.e. a listed seller) is entitled to retail only those poisons in Part II of the Poisons List in the Second Schedule,
2. A listed seller is permitted to retail preparations, solutions or admixtures containing a poison in Part I of the Poisons List in the Second Schedule to the Ordinance (other than a poison appearing in the Third List to these regulations) but only where the proportion of such poison does not exceed 0.01% per weight of the total ingredients in the case of arsenic and strychnine and 0.1% in the ease of other poisons. This enables a listed seller to sell certain proprietory articles in general demand by the public if sold in the form as supplied by the manufacturer (which shall not include a listed seller).
(The following is a summary of the requirements). Requirements applying to all listed sellers of Part II
Poisons.
(1) The sale must be effected on the premises specified in the registrar's list.
(2) The container of the poison must be labelled with the various particulars and in the manner required by section 19 (1) (e) of the Ordinance and Regulations 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19.
Special labelling cautions in the case of certain articles (Regulation 19).
(3) No poison may be sold except in containers which comply with the requirements of Regulation 21.
(4) It is unlawful to store any poison except in a container impervious to the poison and sufficiently stout to prevent leakage from the container arising from the ordinary risks of handling. (Regulation 22).
(5) Any poison consigned for transport
transport must be sufficiently stoutly packed to avoid leakage arising from the ordinary risks of handling and transport. (Regulations 23 and 24).
(6) No poison, other than ammonia, hydrochloric acid (spirits of salts), nitric acid, potassium quadroxalate (salts of Jemon) and sulphuric acid, may be sold by a listed seller except in a closed container as closed by the manufacturer or other person from whom the poison was obtained. (Regula- tion 13).
36. The particulars of sales of poisons which are required by paragraph (b) of section 19 (2) of the Ordinance to be entered in a book shall be in the following form:-
Date of sale
Name and quantity of poison supplied
Purchaser's Name
Address
Business, trade or occupation
Purposes for which stated to be required Date of certificate (if any)