The Poisons Act 1952: control on sale and supply of poison / Asniza Alias, Nor Aza Hassan and Siti Mariaton Abd Moksin

Alias, Asniza and Hassan, Nor Aza and Abd Moksin, Siti Mariaton (2009) The Poisons Act 1952: control on sale and supply of poison / Asniza Alias, Nor Aza Hassan and Siti Mariaton Abd Moksin. [Student Project] (Unpublished)

Abstract

The-Poisons Act 1952 (Act 366) is the main Act that controls the sale and supply of poison, hence, all transactions that involve poison must be carried out in accordance with the Act. This study is done to examine the existing laws in controlling the sale and supply of poison and to identify the sale and supply of poison which are not in accordance with Act 366. It is a library-based research. In addition, semi-structured interviews were also carried out which lead to a few findings of this study. The control of sale on poison is first done by doing poison classification. Subsequently the control is extended to the importation, manufacturing and the issuance of licenses besides the recoding and labeling requirement that needs to be complied with. There are also restrictions on the sale of poison towards person, on the handling of poison, on the issuance of license and also towards different groups of poison. Besides Act 366, the sale and supply are also governed under the Sales of Drugs Act 1952 (Act 368) and the Medicines (Advertisements and Sales) Act 1956 (Act 290). It is also found that the illegal sale or supply of poison in Malaysia is still rampant. Certain provisions in Act 366 need to be reviewed to accommodate with the current situation. It is recommended that stiffer penalty be imposed, to add a rebuttable presumption provision, to have a specific Act that governs poison and to provide power of arrest to the enforcement officer. Besides that there should be better coordination with other Enforcement Agencies.

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Item Type: Student Project
Creators:
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Alias, Asniza
2007411268
Hassan, Nor Aza
2007411258
Abd Moksin, Siti Mariaton
2007411272
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Abu Hanifah, Norha
UNSPECIFIED
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Toxicology. Poisons
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam > Faculty of Law
Programme: Master of Enforcement Law
Keywords: Poisons Act 1952, Transactions, Supply of poison
Date: 2009
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/68268
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