Pharmacy and Poisons.

of two years, be retained and kept on the premises on which it was dispensed in such manner as to be readily available for inspection.

12. It shall not be lawful for an authorized seller of poisons to sell any substance included in the First List to these regulations, unless the sale is effected by, or under the supervision of, a registered pharmacist.

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Additional restriction of sales by authorized sellers of poisons.

of sales by listed Part II sellers of poisons.

13. No shopkeeper shall be entitled by virtue of being a listed seller of Part II poisons to sell any poison other than ammonia, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, potassium quadroxalate and sulphuric acid, except in a closed container as closed by the manufacturer or other than from whom the poison was obtained.

14. It shall not be lawful to sell or supply strychnine except as an ingredient in a medicine:

Provided that this Regulation shall not apply to the sale of strychnine—

(a) by way of wholesale dealing; or

(b) to be exported to purchasers outside the Colony; or

(c) for the purpose of being compounded in medicines prescribed or administered by a registered medical practitioner or duly qualified veterinary surgeon; or

(d) to a person or institution concerned with scientific education or research or chemical analysis, for the purpose of that education, research or analysis.

Supplementary provisions with respect to labelling and containers.

of sale of strychnine.

labelling

15. (1) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, the particulars with which the container of a poison is required to be labelled under paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of section 19 of the Ordinance and under these regulations, must appear in a conspicuous position on the container in which the poison is sold and on every box or other covering of whatever nature enclosing the container, and the particulars must be clearly and distinctly set out and not in any way obscured or obliterated.

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