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THE PHARMACY ACT, 1868 . 
ffible tc be 
elected As¬ 
sociates, and 
being in 
business, 
have the pri¬ 
vilege of 
voting in the 
Society, on 
paying the 
same sub¬ 
scriptions as 
Members. 
Voting- 
papers for 
election of 
Council. 
Benevolent 
Fund may 
be applied to 
past Mem¬ 
bers and As¬ 
sociates, also 
to Pharma¬ 
ceutical Che¬ 
mists and re¬ 
gistered 
Chemists 
and Drug¬ 
gists. 
Registration 
under Me¬ 
dical Act. 
Adulteration 
of Food or 
Drink Act to 
extend to 
Medicines. 
Acts of 
Privy 
Council. 
Po wer to 
Privy Coun¬ 
cil to erase 
names of 
persons 
trorn Regis¬ 
ter. 
elected an Associate of the Pharmaceutical Society, and every such 
person so elected and continuing as such Associate, being in business 
on bis own account, shall have the privilege of attending all meetings 
of the said Society and of voting thereat, and otherwise taking part 
in the proceedings of such meetings, in the same manner as Members 
of the said Society; provided always, that such Associates contribute 
to the funds of the said Society the same Fees or Subscriptions as 
Members contribute for the time being under the Bye-laws thereof. 
21. At all meetings of the Pharmaceutical Society at which votes 
shall be given for the election of officers, all or any of the votes may 
be given either personally or by voting-papers, in a form to be de¬ 
fined in the Bye-laws of the said Society, or in a form to the like 
effect, such voting-papers being transmitted under cover to the Secre¬ 
tary, not less than one clear day prior to the day on which the election 
is to take place. 
22. And whereas by the Charter of Incorporation of the said 
Pharmaceutical Society it is provided that the Council of the said So¬ 
ciety shall have the sole control and management of the real and per¬ 
sonal property of the said Society, subject to the Bye-laws thereof, and 
shall make provision thereout , or out of such part thereof as they shall 
think proper for the relief of the distressed Members or Associates of 
the said Society, and their widows and orphans, subject to the regula¬ 
tions and Bye-laws of the said Society. And whereas, for extending 
the benefits which have resulted from the said provision in the said 
Charter of Incorporation, it is desirable that additional power should 
be granted to the said Council, be it enacted that from and after the 
passing of this Act, the said Council may make provision out of the 
real and personal property aforesaid, and out of any special fund, 
known as the Benevolent Fund, not only for the relief of the dis- 
tressed Members or Associates of the said Society and their widows 
and orphans, subject to the said regulations and Bye-laws, but also 
for all persons who may have been and have ceased to be Members or 
Associates of the said Society, or who may be or have been duly re¬ 
gistered as 44 Pharmaceutical Chemists ” or “ Chemists and Druggists,” 
and the widows and orphans of such persons, subject to the regula¬ 
tions and Bye-laws of the said Society. 
23. Persons registered under 4 The Medical Act ’ shall not be or 
continue to be registered under this Act. 
24. The provisions of the Act of the twenty-third and twenty- 
fourth of Victoria, chapter eighty-four, intituled “ An Act for Pre¬ 
venting the Adulteration of Articles of Food or Drink,” shall extend 
to all articles usually taken or sold as medicines, and every adultera¬ 
tion of any such article shall be deemed an admixture injurious to 
health ; and any person registered under this Act, who sells any such 
article adulterated, shall, unless the contrary be proved, be deemed 
to have knowledge of such adulteration. 
25. On and after the passing of this Act, all powers vested by the 
Pharmacy Act in one of her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, 
shall be vested in the Privy Council, and the seventh section of the 
Public Health Act, 1858, shall apply to all proceedings and acts of 
the Privy Council herein authorized. 
26. The Privy Council may direct the name of any person "who is 
convicted of any offence against this Act, which, in their opinion, 
renders him unfit to be on the register under this Act, to be erased 
from such register; and it shall be the duty of the Registrar to erase 
the same accordingly. 
