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(b) at the time of dispensing there must be noted on the prescription the signature of the prescriber, the name and address of the seller and the date on which the prescription was dispensed;

(c) except in the case of a prescription which may be dispensed on more than one occasion, the prescription must for a period of two years be retained and kept on the premises on which it was dispensed, in such manner as to be readily available for reference.

5. Penalties.

(1) Any person who contravenes any provision of section 4 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars, or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to such a fine and to imprisonment for one year.

(2) Where an offence under this Ordinance has been committed by a body corporate, every person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, general manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or was purporting to act in any such capacity, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.

6. The Governor in Council may make regulations for prescribing the substances and definitions thereof to which this Ordinance applies and generally for carrying the provisions of this Ordinance into effect.

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