Section 0

An Act to provide for the regulation of the possession and sale of' all poisons in certain local areas, and the importation, possession and sale of white arsenic generally. WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for regulating the possession and sale of all poisons in certain local areas, and the importation, possession and sale of white arsenic throughout the whole of British India; I t is hereby enacted as follows :- I. (I) This Act mag b e called the Poisons Act, 1904 ; and (2) It extends to the whole of British India'. Poisons generally. 2, (I) 8ubject to the control of the Governor Power to General in Council, the Local Government may, by rule, regulate within the limits of any municipality for sale aria aria or cantonment the possession for sale and the sale, whether wholesale or by retail, of any specified ,,,,,,, ,, ,, poison, 2, (I) 8ubject to the control of the Governor Power to General in Council, the Local Government may, by ~ $ g ~ ~ ~ o n rule, regulate within the limits of any municipality for sale aria aria or cantonment the possession for sale and the sale, $;;~zY or cantonment the possession for sale and the sale, whether wholesale or by retail, of any specified ,,,,,,, ,, ,, ,,,, (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by sub-section (I), rules made thereunder may provide for, amongst other matters,- (a) the grant of lioenses to possess any specified poison for saie, wholesale or by retail, and the fixing of the fee (if any) to be oharged for such licenses; `(6)` the - (6) the classes of persons to wbom alone ~ u c h licenses may be granted ; - (c) the classes of persons to whom alone any suoh poison may be sold ; - (d) the maximum quantity of any such poison whioh may be sold to any one person ; - (e) the maintenance by vendors of any suoh poison of registers of sales, the partioulars to be entered in such registers, and the inspeetion of the same ; - ($) the safe oustody of such poisons and the labelling of the vessels, paobages or cover- - , ings in which any suoh poison is sold or possessed for sale ; and - (g) the inspeotion and examination of any such poison when possessed for sale by any such - vendor. (3) Any substance specified as a p~ison in a rule made under this section shall be deemed to be a poison for the purposes of this Act. White .4ree&c. 3. The Governor General in Oouncil may, by notifioation in the Gazette of India, prohibit, except under and in accordanctl with the conditions of a license, the importation of white arsenic into British India, and may, by rule, regulate the grant of licenses and prescribe the conditions to he imposed thereby under this section. Power `kl` prohibit importation into British l"dia of white ereenio ereenio except under license. white ereenio ereenio India, and may, by rule, regulate the grant of licenses