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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 NumberTitleActions
1Short title and extent.
2Power of the State Government to regulate possession for sale and sale of any poison.
3Power to prohibit importation into the States of any poison except under licence.
4Power to regulate possession of any poison in certain areas.
5Presumption as to specified poisons.
6Penalty for unlawful importation, etc.
7Power to issue search warrants.
8Rules.
9Savings.
10[Repealed.].
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