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REGULATIONS REQUIRED BY THE TIIARMACY ACT, 1808, 
TO BE OBSERVED IN SELLING BY RETAIL, AND IN DIS¬ 
PENSING, 
POISONS. 
All the Articles named or referred to in the appended List, both in 
Part 1 and Part 2, are POISONS within the meaning of the Phar¬ 
macy Act, 1868. 
SALE BY RETAIL. 
I. —Relating to Part 1 and Part 2 of the List. 
It is unlawful to sell any “ Poison ” by retail, unless the vessel, 
wrapper, or cover in which it is contained, be distinctly labelled with 
the name of the article, the word “ Poison,* and the name and add) ess 
of the seller. This applies to all the articles in both Parts of the List. 
II. —Relating to Part 1 only. 
It is unlawful to sell, by retail, any poison included in Part 1 of 
the List, to any person unknown to the seller, unless introduced by 
some person known to the seller; and on every sale of any such article 
the seller shall, before delivery, make or cause to be made, an entry in 
a book to be kept for that purpose, of 
1. The date of the sale ; 
2. The name and address of the purchaser.; 
3* The name and quantity of the article sold ; and 
4. The purpose for which it is stated to be required ; 
to which the signature of the purchaser, and of the person, if any, who 
introduced him, shall be affixed. The article must also be labelled 
with the name of the article , the word “ Poison, and the name and ad¬ 
dress of the seller. 
Ill—Relating only to Arsenic and its Preparations. 
It is unlawful to sell arsenic or any of its preparations, unless, in 
addition to all the foregoing regulations, 'the following provisions 
of the Arsenic Act be also observed :— . . 
1 That the poison, if colourless, be mixed with soot or indigo, so 
as to colour it. 
2. That the person to whom the poison is sold or delivered be ot 
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3. That the occupation, as well as the name and address, of the 
purchaser be entered in the poison-book. , . . 
4. That when the purchaser is not known to the seller, and is in¬ 
troduced by some person known to both, this person shall be present 
as a witness of the transaction, and shall enter his name and address 
in the poison-book. 
DISPENSING. 
None of the foregoing regulations apply to any article when form - 
i n rr part of the ingredients of any medicine dispensed by a Registered 
Chemist and Druggist; but it is necessary, if a medicine contain 
a poison included in Part 1 or Part 2 of the List, that the ingre¬ 
dients of the medicine, together with the name of the person to whom 
it is sold or delivered, be entered in a book kept for that purpose 
( Prescription-book ), and that the name and address of the seller be 
attached to the medicine. 
