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ACT 366 Poison Act and 9. (1) Packaging, labelling and Purchasing, HOS, UM and Comply
Regulation storing of poison. Laboratory, Coordinator
No person, whether licensed Pharmacy
under this Act or not, shall
knowingly sell, supply, keep or
have in his possession or under
his control or store any poison
otherwise than in accordance
with the regulation made under
this Act and in force relating to
the possession, containers,
packaging, labelling or storing
of such poison.

9.(2) In any proceeding under this Admin Coordinator, Comply

section if any person is proved Safety Officer
to have sold, kept or had in his
possession or under his control
or stored any poison he shall be
deemed to have done so
knowingly, unless the contrary
is proved by him.

12.(1) No person shall dispense, Pharmacist Comply

compound or mix any poison or
not, for the purpose of its being
used for medical treatment
unless he is –
(a) a registered pharmacist or a
person working under the
immediate personal supervision
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of a registered pharmacist.

26.(1) The Director General of Medical Admin Safety Officer Comply

and Health Services of any
State duly appointed in writing
by the Director General of
Health to be a Licensing Officer
of any State or the Federal
Territory may, subject to this act
, issue licences for the purpose
of this Act.

26.(2) Such licences may be – Admin Safety Officer Comply

(d) a Type D licence issued to
any person, whom the
Licensing Officer may consider
to be a fit and proper person to
hold such licence, to store and
sell by retail such Part II
Poisons as may be specified
therein ; or

(e) a Type E licence issued to

any person who in the course of
his business uses Sodium
Hydroxide in such substantial
quantity that the Licensing
Officer deems it appropriate to
issue to him a licence to import,
store and use Sodium
Hydroxide.
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Poison Act The Poison 1. Interpretation Admin Safety Officer, Comply

1952 Regulation 1952 In these Regulations, the name Coordinator.
of the medicine shall be the the
international non proprietary
name or a proprietary
designation.

4.(1) A person may import into Purchasing Purchasing Comply

Malaysia by letter or parcel post Officer,
for own personal use or for that
of his family a prepared or
packaged medicine containing
poison not more often than
once the month and not
exceeding in quantity, at any
one time, such quantity as may
be reasonably required for one
month’s use by one person.

4. (2) Every package containing Purchasing Purchasing Comply

poison so imported shall be Officer
clearly marked on the outside
with the name of the person to
whom it is consigned and with
the generally accepted name of
the poison and the quantity
supplied and the date of
posting.

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4.(3) Any package not complying with Purchasing Comply
the provision of paragraph (2) of Purchasing
this Regulation may be seized Officer
by the postal authorities and
handed over to the Director
General of Health for disposal.

5. Storage of Poison Purchasing, Comply

Container. All department
No person shall store any Purchasing,
poison except in a container Unit Manager,
impervious to the poison and HOS
sufficiently stout to prevent
leakage from the container
arising from the ordinary risk of
handling.

6. Where any poison is kept for

dispensing purposes, it shall be
kept –
6.(a) In an unbroken case or package
as received from the
manufacturer.
6.(b) In a container tied over, capped,
locked or otherwise safety
secured in a manner different
from that in which containers of
non-poisonous substances kept
in the same dispensary are
secured.
6.(c) In a container readily
distinguishable by touch from all
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containers holding non-
poisonous substances.
6.(d) In a room or cupboard under
lock and key set apart for the
keeping of poison.
7. Part II Poison to be used for
industry agriculture or
horticulture not to be stored on
a shelf or near food.
8.(1) No person shall consign any
poison for transport unless it is
packed as to avoid leakage
arising.
8.(2) No poison shall be consigned
for transport by a carrier unless
the outside of the package
containing the labelled of poison
and it is to be kept separate
from food.

9.(1) Labelling of Poison Purchasing, All Comply

No person shall keep or under department
his control, any poison
otherwise than- Purchasing
(a) in an unbroken case or Officer, Unit
package as received Manager, HOS
from the manufacturer;
(b) in a container labelled, in
a conspicuous position,
with the name of the
poison and the word
“Poison” in a red.
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9.(3) Where any container of any
poison is enclosed in a box or
such box or covering shall be
labelled in the same manner as
the container.

13 Labelling of containers of
certain gases.
No person shall sell or supply
any poison in the form of
compressed gas, other than
dispensing medicine unless the
container is labelled
conspicuously and distinctly
with the words “Warning”.

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