Poisons Act No. 13 of 1956 (Chapter 114).

This Act, consisting of 21 sections completed by one Schedule, provides rules for the importation, storage, handling and placing on the market of poisons, including general prohibition with respect to the importation and sale of poisons, prohibitions, provisions relating to the sale of poisons and exemptions in respect of medicines, etc. The Schedule specifies the list of poisons.
This Act rules with respect to any of the following purposes: (a) the importation, use, and control of poisons, and any precautionary measures relating thereto; (b) the manufacture of preparations containing poisons; (c) the sale, whether by wholesale or retail, or the supply of poisons, by or to any person or class of persons, including: (i) regulating or restricting the sale or supply of poisons by persons licensed under paragraph (c) or (d) of subsection (1) of section 11 and prohibiting the sale of any specified poison or class of poisons by any class of such persons; (ii) prohibiting the sale by retail of poisons included in Part I of the Poisons List except on a prescription duly signed by a licensed practitioner, licensed dentist or licensed veterinary surgeon, and prescribing the form and regulating the use of prescriptions given for the purpose of rules made under this paragraph; (iii) dispensing with or relaxing with respect to any specified poison any of the provisions contained in this Act or in any rule made thereunder relating to the sale of poisons, (d) the storage, transport and labelling of poisons; (e) the containers in which poisons may be sold or supplied; (f) the addition to poisons of specified ingredients for the purpose of rendering them readily distinguishable as poisons; (g) the compounding and dispensing of poisons; (h) the period for which any books required to be kept for the purposes of this Act are to be preserved; (i) requiring persons in control of the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations containing poisons to be licensed pharmacists or persons possessing prescribed qualification in chemistry; (j) prescribing the coverings, stoppers and fastenings of and the marks to be placed or made on or on the coverings of or on the labels affixed to any vessel, bottle, case, package, box or other receptacle or container whatsoever in which any poison is kept, stored, sold or in any way dealt with; (k) prescribing the form of licences, registers and returns; (l) fixing fees and exempting any person or body of persons from the payment of such fees.