Act Number: 5

Act Name: The White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act, 1913

Year: 1913

Enactment Date: 1913-03-07

Long Title: An Act to prohibit the importation, manufacture and sale of matches made with white phosphorus.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 6: Prohibition of sale.
    (1) No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession for the purposes of sale, any matches made with white phosphorus.
     (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) may, on complaint to a Presidency Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class, be ordered to forfeit any such matches in his possession, and any matches so forfeited shall be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Magistrate may direct.
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