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POISON, ACT, 1919

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INTRODUCTION:, First poison act passed in 1904. But, the rules under it were not sufficient to, control the trafficking of Poisons., , Uttar Pradesh government in 1910 as well as 1914 proposed some radical, amendments to make it more effective., , This view was supported by many local governments, Thus, Poisons Act of, 1904 was replaced by Poisons Act, 1919., , |, , The Poisons Act was passed on 3rd September 1919 with a view to control, the import, possession and sale of poisons.

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OBJECTIVES:, , ** To Regulate and control the import, possession and sale of poisons., “+ Tightening the control over traffic in poisons., , SCHEDULE TO THE POISON ACT, , 1st Schedule - Poisons list., 2nd Schedule - Articles exempted from the provisions of the Act., , 3rd Schedule - Substances to be sold upon the prescription of a medical, practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon., , 4th Schedule - Proportion of poison., , 5th Schedule - Indication of character of the article.

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8th Schedule - Licences to import, store & sale of poisons included in the, poisons list as well as Format of records., 9th Schedule - Fees., , 10th Schedule - Labelling of poisons., , NEED OF POISON ACT:, , ** To avoid the malpractice of poison in case of using it to kill a person or, Animal (mixing poison with fodder of cattle)., , ** To avoid any sort of mischief., , “+ If the poison at certain dose is used in treatment then to avoid selfmedication by people., , ** To provide controlled medication by Registered Medical Practitioner., , » Also to prevent illegal sale of poisons in the country or from another, country or to another country.

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LIST OF POISONS:, , List A:- Aconite, Arsenic, Coca, Digitalis, Lead etc., List B:- Essential oils of almonds, Chloroform, Carbolic acids, All oxides of, mercury, Sulphonal, Zinc Chloride etc., , wa