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(1) On or after such date as the State Government may
by notification in the Official Gazette appoint in this behalf, no person other than a registered pharmacist
shall compound, prepare, mix, or dispense any medicine on the prescription of a medical practitioner 1***;
Provided that this sub-section shall not apply to the dispensing by a medical practitioner of medicine
for his own patients, or with the general or special sanction of the State Government, for the patients of
another medical practitioner:
2[Provided further that where no such date is appointed by the Government of a State, this sub-section
shall take effect in that State on the expiry of a period of 3[eight years] from the commencement of the
Pharmacy (Amendment) Act, 1976 (70 of 1976).]
(2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be punishable with 4[imprisonment
for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two lakh rupees, or with
both].
(3) Cognizance of an offence punishable under this section shall not be taken except upon complaint
made by 5[order of the State Government or any officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government,
or by order of the Executive Committee of the State Council.]
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1. The words "except under the direct and personal supervision of a registered pharmacist" omitted by s. 16, _ibid_. (w.e.f. 1-5-1960).
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2. Added by Act 70 of 1976, s. 19 (w.e.f. 1-9-1976).
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3. Subs. by Act 22 of 1982, s. 2, for "five years" (w.e.f. 1-9-1981).
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4.Subs. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule for certain words (w.e.f. 31-12-2024).
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5. Subs. by Act 24 of 1959, s. 16, for "an order of the State Government" (w.e.f. 1-5-1960).
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