Restrictions as to sale of poisons generally

(1) No person shall, (a) sell any poison either by wholesale or retail unless the box, bottle, vessel, wrapper or cover in which such poison is contained is distinctly labeled with the name of the article and the word “poison”, and with the name and address of the seller of the poison; (b) sell any poison named in the first column, except subject to the exemptions enumerated in the second column of the First Schedule or hereafter added thereto by the Minister under section 2 of this Act to any person unknown to the seller unless introduced by some person known to the seller. (2) On every sale of any article mentioned in subsection (1) of this Act, the seller shall, before delivery, make or cause to be made an entry in a book to be kept for that purpose in accordance with the form of the Fifth Schedule stating the date of sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the name and quantity of the article sold and the purpose for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required, to which entry the signature of the seller and of the purchaser and of the introducer, if any, shall be affixed, unless such purchaser or introducer professes to be unable to write, in which case the person making the entries hereby required shall add to the particulars to be entered in relation to such sale the words “cannot write”. (3) The poison book shall be kept for at least two years after the date of the last entry therein. (4) Any person who sells poison otherwise than in accordance with this section commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for the first offence and to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for the second or any subsequent offence. (5) For the purposes of this section, the person on whose behalf any sale is made by any apprentice or servant shall be deemed to be the seller. (6) This section shall not apply to articles to be exported from Belize by wholesale dealers, or to sales by wholesale to 17 retail dealers in the ordinary course of wholesale dealing, or to any article when forming part of the ingredients of any medicine dispensed by or under the supervision of a person registered under this Act, Provided that, (a) such medicine is labeled in the manner aforesaid with the name and address of the seller, and the ingredients thereof be entered with the name of the person to or for whom it is sold or delivered in a book to be kept by the seller for that purpose; (b) if such medicine is for external application, it shall also be distinctly labeled with the words, “Poison for external use only”.