S.L. 31.18 Art. 4Transactions regardingspecified drugs to be registered.

(1) Any person who is licensed or authorised to manufacture, import, sell, supply, distribute, or administer any specified drug, whether in the line of his trade or profession or as a medicament on the presentation of a prescription, shall keep such registers as shall be necessary to show any transaction regarding the manufacture, importation, purchase, sale, supply, distribution or administration of any such drug.

(2) (i) No person shall import, stock or sell any specified drug by wholesale unless he holds a specific licence for the purpose from the Superintendent.

(ii) No licence for the purposes of the foregoing paragraph shall be issued unless the drug or drugs in respect of which it is issued are under the direct responsibility of an apothecary.

(3) Any specified drug manufactured, imported, exported purchased, sold, supplied, distributed or administered shall be entered in the register in the form shown with such variations as circumstances may require, and containing such particulars as are shown in the Third Schedule to these Regulations and as are applicable to the case.

(4) Any entry in the register shall be made in ink or other indelible material and shall be entered on the same day in which the transaction, administration or process is effected, or, when this is not possible, on the next following day.

(5) Any register used or in use with regard to one particular premises shall not be used also with regard to any other premises or for any purpose other than of this regulation.

(6) No entry in the register referred to in the preceding sub-regulations of this regulation shall be cancelled, obliterated or altered or shall be entered with some untrue particulars: Provided that if any mistake is committed in any entry, such mistake shall be corrected by means of a note in the margin or at the foot of the page, which note shall contain the correction required and the date of the note.

(7) No person may export any specified drug without the prior authorisation from the Superintendent.

(8) In the case of importation or exportation of specified drugs, the Superintendent shall have the power to direct the procedure to be followed and the details to be submitted in the relative application, and may also, before issuing an export authorisation, require that the authorisation of the importing country be obtained.

(9) The Superintendent may prohibit, or otherwise restrict, the importation of any specified drug if he so considers it necessary in the public interest.