Therapeutic Substances Act, 1932

Sale of proprietary medicine consisting of or containing therapeutic substances.

18.—The Minister may, after consultation with the Advisory Committee, by order make regulations in relation to all or any of the following matters, that is to say:—

(a) requiring that, if any therapeutic substance to which this Act applies is advertised or sold as a proprietary medicine or is contained in a medicine so advertised or sold, such accepted scientific name or name descriptive of the true nature and origin of the substance as may be specified in such regulations shall appear on the label;

(b) requiring that the date of the manufacture of any therapeutic substance to which this Act applies shall be stated in the manner prescribed by such regulations on all vessels or other packages in which such substance is sold or offered for sale, and prohibiting the sale of such substance after the expiration of the period specified in such regulations from the date of manufacture;

(c) prohibiting the sale or offering for sale of any therapeutic substance to which this Act applies otherwise than in a vessel or other container of such character as may be specified in such regulations and requiring that the label or other description specified in such regulations shall be affixed to such vessel or container.

(2) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any regulations made under this section he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.