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(c) at the time of dispensing there must be noted on the prescrip- tion above the signature of the prescriber the name and address of the seller and the date on which the prescription is dispensed.

9. It shall not be lawful for an authorised seller of poisons to Additional sell any substance included in the First List under these Poisons restriction of sales by Regulations, notwithstanding that the substance is a poison included authorised in Part II of the Poisons List, unless the sale is effected by, or under sellers of the supervision of, a registered pharmacist.

poisons.

10. It shall not be lawful to sell or supply strychnine except as Restriction 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.

of sale of strychnine.

containers.

11. (1) Subject to the provisions of these Poisons Regulations, Manner of the particulars with which the container of a poison is required to be labelling labelled under paragraph (c) of section 19 (1) 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.

(2) Where the poison is contained in an ampoule, cachet, or similar article, it shall not be necessary to label the article itself, if every box or other covering in which the article is enclosed is duly labelled.

as to pro-

12.. (1) For the purposes of paragraph (c) (ii) of section 19 (1) Labelling of of the Ordinance (which requires preparations containing poisons to particulars be labelled with the prescribed particulars as to the proportion of portions of poison therein) the label of the container of any preparation containing the poison. a poison as one of its ingredients shall, subject as hereinafter provided, include a statement of the proportion which the poison bears to the total ingredients of the preparation.

(2) In the case of a preparation containing a poison specified in the first column of the Fourth List under these Poisons Regulations, it shall be sufficient to state on the label the particulars specified in the second column of that List against the description of the poison.

(3) Where the poison is in tablets, pills, cachets, capsules, lozenges or similar articles, or in ampoules, it shall be sufficient to state on the label of the box or other covering in which the articles are enclosed the number of the articles and the amount of the poison.

of the

13. (1) In pursuance of paragraph (c) (iii) of section 19 (1) Indication of the Ordinance (which requires the containers of poisons to be of character labelled with the word "Poison" or other prescribed indication of poison. character), the container of any article specified in the Fifth List

(Fifth List). under these Poisons Regulations shall, instead of being labelled with the word "Poison" be labelled with the words specified in the said List as applicable to that article.

(2) The said words or the word "Poison". as the case may be, must not be modified in meaning by the addition of any other words or marks, and—

(a) in the case of a substance included in the First List under these Poisons Regulations, must either be in red lettering or be set against a red background; and

(b) in all cases must either be on a separate label or be sur- rounded by a line within which there must be no other words except words with which the container of the poison is required to be labelled under the Ordinance or these Poisons Regulations.

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