S.L. 458.16 Art. 4Restrictions on the granting of a licence.

(1) The number of pharmacies that may be licensed within the boundaries of any town or village shall not be less than two, and such pharmacies shall be situated no less than three hundred meters walking distance from each other: Provided that such distance shall not apply in the case of pharmacies already holding a licence on the day of coming into force of these regulations: Provided further that no pharmacy can open within three hundred meters walking distance from a pharmacy in a neighbouring town or village.

(2) In every town or village the number of pharmacies shall not exceed the ratio of one pharmacy for every two thousand five hundred inhabitants.

(3) The number of inhabitants of a town or village shall be taken to be the number if inhabitants of that town or village as published by the National Office of Statistics.