THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 28, 1928.
4. Section 4 (1) of the principal Ordinance is amended Amendment by the repeal in the second and third lines of the words of Ordinance
No. 9 of "as pharmaceutical chemists".
1916, s. 4 (1).
5. Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment the addition of the words "or the equivalent of such name of Ordinance or title in any language whatever" after the word No. 9 of
1916, s. 10. pharmacist".
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6. Section 11 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment the repeal of the words "with the name of the article and of Ordinance
No. 9 of the word "Poison", and with the name and address of the
1916, s. 11. seller of the poison" and the substitution of the following words therefor :--
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"with the name and address of the seller of the poison with the word .. Poison and with the name of the poison. and, in the case of a preparation which contains a poison as one of the ingredients thereof, with such particulars as to the proportion which the poison con- tained in the preparation bears to the other ingredients as inay be prescribed by regula- tions."
7. Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment the addition of the following paragraph thereto imme- of Ordinance diately after paragraph (3) :-
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(4) Where the purchaser is a registered medical practitioner or a registered dental surgeon, and the purchase is made by him for the purposes of his profession, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled :--
(a) There must have been received by the seller before the sale an order in writing signed by the purchaser. stating his name and address and the name and quantity of the article to be purchased;
(b) The seller must be reasonably satisfied that the signature affixed to the order is in fact the signature of the person purporting to sign it, and that the person is a registered medical practi- tioner;
() The article sold, if sent by post to the purchase", must be sent by registered post;
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(d) The eller must enter in the book, in the ecluin assigned to the signatures of purchasers, the words signed order ollowed by the date on which the order is executed and must pre- serve the order for a period of two years from the date on which the final entry in the book is made:
Provided that, if a seller is reasonably satis- fied the a registered medical practitioner desiring to purchase a poison urgently requires it for the purpose of his profession but is, by reason of some emergency. unable, before delivery, either to furnish to the seller an order in writing duly signed, or to attend and sign the book, the seller may send the poison to the purchaser to be handel over to him either in exchange for such an order or on an under- taking by the purchaser to furnish such an order to the seller within the twenty-four hours next following, but if any purchaser by whom any such undertaking as aforesaid has been given fails to deliver to the seller a signed order in accordance with the undertaking, of if any person for the purposes of obtaining delivery of any poison under the foregoing proviso makes a statement which is to his knowledge
No. 9 of 1916, s. 13.
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