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Pharmacy and Poisons.

"medicine for the internal treatment of human ailments" includes any medicine to be administered by hypodermic injection, but does not include any mouth-wash, eye-drops, eye-lotion, ear-drops, douche or similar article; "sale exempted by section 21 of the Ordinance" means a sale made in such circumstances as to be entitled, except as provided by these regulations, to exemption under section 21 of the Ordinance from the foregoing provisions of Part II of the Ordinance;

"transaction exempted by section 20 of the Ordinance" means the supply of a medicine in such circumstances as to be entitled to exemption under section 20 of the Ordinance from the provisions of section 19 of the Ordinance;

(2) In these regulations any reference to an alkaloid shall include a reference to any salt of that alkaloid, and, in a case where the esters of an alkaloid are included in the Poisons List by virtue of the words "its esters", to any esters of that alkaloid;

(3) Any reference in the Lists to these regulations to the percentage of a poison contained in any substance or preparation shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be construed in the following manner, that is to say, a reference to a substance or preparation containing one per cent of any poison means—

(a) in the case of a solid, that one gramme of the poison is contained in every one hundred grammes of the substance or preparation;

(b) in the case of a liquid, that one millilitre of the poison, or, if the poison itself is a solid, one gramme of the poison, is contained in every hundred millilitres of the substance or preparation;

and so in proportion for any greater or less percentage;

[CAP. 138]

(4) The Interpretation Ordinance, applies for the purpose (Cap. 1.) of the construction of these regulations as it applies for the purpose of the construction of an Ordinance.

Application and relaxation of Part II of the Ordinance.

3. It shall not be lawful for any shopkeeper to sell poisons on any premises used for or in connexion with his retail business, notwithstanding that the sale is exempted by

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Pharmacy and Poisons. "medicine for the internal treatment of human ailments" includes any medicine to be administered by hypodermic injection, but does not include any mouth-wash, eye-drops, eye-lotion, ear-drops, douche or similar article; "sale exempted by section 21 of the Ordinance" means a sale made in such circumstances as to be entitled, except as provided by these regulations, to exemption under section 21 of the Ordinance from the foregoing provisions of Part II of the Ordinance; "transaction exempted by section 20 of the Ordinance" means the supply of a medicine in such circumstances as to be entitled to exemption under section 20 of the Ordinance from the provisions of section 19 of the Ordinance; (2) In these regulations any reference to an alkaloid shall include a reference to any salt of that alkaloid, and, in a case where the esters of an alkaloid are included in the Poisons List by virtue of the words "its esters", to any esters of that alkaloid; (3) Any reference in the Lists to these regulations to the percentage of a poison contained in any substance or preparation shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be construed in the following manner, that is to say, a reference to a substance or preparation containing one per cent of any poison means— (a) in the case of a solid, that one gramme of the poison is contained in every one hundred grammes of the substance or preparation; (b) in the case of a liquid, that one millilitre of the poison, or, if the poison itself is a solid, one gramme of the poison, is contained in every hundred millilitres of the substance or preparation; and so in proportion for any greater or less percentage; [CAP. 138] (4) The Interpretation Ordinance, applies for the purpose (Cap. 1.) of the construction of these regulations as it applies for the purpose of the construction of an Ordinance. Application and relaxation of Part II of the Ordinance. 3. It shall not be lawful for any shopkeeper to sell poisons on any premises used for or in connexion with his retail business, notwithstanding that the sale is exempted by - 69
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Pharmacy and Poisons. "medicine for the internal treatment of human ailments" includes any medicine to be administered by hypodermic injection, but does not include any mouth-wash, eye- drops, eye-lotion, ear-drops, douche or similar article; "sale exempted by section 21 of the Ordinance" means a sale made in such circumstances as to be entitled, except as provided by these regulations, to exemption under section 21 of the Ordinance from the foregoing provi- sions of Part II of the Ordinance; "transaction exempted by section 20 of the Ordinance” means the supply of a medicine in such circumstances as to be entitled to exemption under section 20 of the Ordinance from the provisions of section 19 of the Ordinance; (2) In these regulations any reference to an alkaloid shall include a reference to any salt of that alkaloid, and, in a case where the esters of an alkaloid are included in the Poisons List by virtue of the words "its esters', to any esters of that alkaloid; (3) Any reference in the Lists to these regulations to the percentage of a poison contained in any substance or preparation shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be construed in the following manner, that is to say, a reference to a substance or preparation containing one per cent of any poison means— (a) in the case of a solid, that one gramme of the poison is contained in every one hundred grammes of the substance or preparation; (b) in the case of a liquid, that one millilitre of the poison, or, if the poison itself is a solid, one gramme of the poison, is contained in every hundred milli- litres of the substance or preparation; and so in proportion for any greater or less percentage; [CAP. 138 (4) the Interpretation Ordinance, applies for the purpose (Cap. 1.) of the construction of these regulations as it applies for the purpose of the construction of an Ordinance. Application and relaxation of Part II of the Ordinance. sales by 3. It shall not be lawful for any shopkeeper to sell Restriction of poisons on any premises used for or in connexion with his shopkeepers. retail business, notwithstanding that the sale is exempted by - 69 F
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Pharmacy and Poisons.

"medicine for the internal treatment of human ailments" includes any medicine to be administered by hypodermic injection, but does not include any mouth-wash, eye- drops, eye-lotion, ear-drops, douche or similar article; "sale exempted by section 21 of the Ordinance" means a sale made in such circumstances as to be entitled, except as provided by these regulations, to exemption under section 21 of the Ordinance from the foregoing provi- sions of Part II of the Ordinance;

"transaction exempted by section 20 of the Ordinance” means the supply of a medicine in such circumstances as to be entitled to exemption under section 20 of the Ordinance from the provisions of section 19 of the Ordinance;

(2) In these regulations any reference to an alkaloid shall include a reference to any salt of that alkaloid, and, in a case where the esters of an alkaloid are included in the Poisons List by virtue of the words "its esters', to any esters of that alkaloid;

(3) Any reference in the Lists to these regulations to the percentage of a poison contained in any substance or preparation shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be construed in the following manner, that is to say, a reference to a substance or preparation containing one per cent of any poison means—

(a) in the case of a solid, that one gramme of the poison is contained in every one hundred grammes of the substance or preparation;

(b) in the case of a liquid, that one millilitre of the poison, or, if the poison itself is a solid, one gramme of the poison, is contained in every hundred milli- litres of the substance or preparation;

and so in proportion for any greater or less percentage;

[CAP. 138

(4) the Interpretation Ordinance, applies for the purpose (Cap. 1.) of the construction of these regulations as it applies for the purpose of the construction of an Ordinance.

Application and relaxation of Part II of the Ordinance.

sales by

3. It shall not be lawful for any shopkeeper to sell Restriction of poisons on any premises used for or in connexion with his shopkeepers. retail business, notwithstanding that the sale is exempted by

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