Act Number: 12

Act Name: The Poisons Act, 1919

Year: 1919

Enactment Date: 1919-09-03

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating the importation, possession and sale of poisons.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Home

Section 1: Short title and extent.
    (1) This Act may be called the Poisons Act, 1919.
     1 [(2) It extends to the whole of India:
     Provided that it shall not apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir* except to the extent to which the provisions of this Act relate to the importation into India of any specified poison.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 47 of 1958, s. 2, for the former sub-section (2).

*. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
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