Pharmacy Act, 1948
42. Dispensing unregistered sons
(1) On or after such
date as the State Government may be 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 66[***] :
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 :
67 [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 68[eight
years] from the commencement of the Pharmacy (Amendment) Act, 1976.
(2) Whoever
contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine not
exceeding one thousand rupees or with both.
(3) Cognizance of an
offence punishable under this section shall not be taken except upon complaint
made by 69[order of the State Government or any officer authorized
in this behalf by the State Government, or by order of the Executive Committee
of the State Council.]