CAP. 138]
Exemption with regard to medicines.
20. (1) Nothing in the last foregoing section shall apply—
23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 19.
1 of 1940, s.28.
(a) to a medicine which is supplied by a registered medical practitioner for the purposes of medical treatment, by a registered dentist for the purposes of dental treatment or by a duly qualified veterinary surgeon for the purposes of animal treatment; or
(b) to a medicine which is dispensed by an authorized seller of poisons on premises duly registered under Part I; or
(c) to a poison forming part of the ingredients of a medicine which is supplied by an authorized seller of poisons on premises duly registered under Part I, if the requirements contained in the following provisions of this section are satisfied in relation thereto.
(2) The medicine must be distinctly labelled with the name and address of the person by whom it is supplied or dispensed.
(3) On the day on which the medicine is supplied or dispensed, or, if that is not reasonably practicable, on the day next following that day, there must be entered in a book which is used regularly for the purpose of this provision the following particulars—
(a) the date on which the medicine was supplied or dispensed;
(b) the ingredients of the medicine and the quantity thereof supplied;
(c) if the medicine was dispensed by an authorized seller of poisons, the name or initials, and, if it is known, the address of the person by whom, and the name and, if it is known, the address of the person to whom, and the date on which, the prescription was given;
(d) if the medicine was not so dispensed, the name of the person to whom it was supplied:
Provided that the provisions of this subsection shall, in the case of a medicine supplied on a prescription on which the medicine has been supplied by the seller on a previous occasion, be deemed to be complied with if the day on which the medicine is supplied and the quantity thereof supplied are entered in the book on that day or, if that is not reasonably practicable, on the day next following that day,
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