The POISONS ACT, 1919

Sections

Section 1 — Short title and extent.

(1) This Act may be called the Poisons Act, 1919. 3[(2) It extends to the whole of India:

Provided that it shall not apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir* except to the extent to which the provisions of this Act relate to the importation into India of any specified poison.]

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  10. 10.[Repealed.].