Malaysia legislation
Section 23
Section 23
(a)
practise or hold himself out as a registered chemist or as a person of any other like description;
(b)
advertise by any means or in any manner as being engaged in practice as a registered chemist; or
(c)
adopt, use or exhibit the term “registered chemist” or its equivalent in any other language or any other term of like description in such circumstances as to indicate or
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to be likely to lead persons to infer that he is a registered chemist.
(2)
No person shall give or provide in a determinative capacity, or certify or declare in writing the result of, any chemical analysis for the purpose of determining the composition or specifications of any substance or product consumed or used by, or intended for the consumption or use of, the public or any section thereof, unless—
(a)
he is a registered chemist;
(b)
he is a registered pharmacist and the chemical analysis that he gives or provides, or certifies or declares in writing the result of, is for the purpose of determining the composition or specifications of a food, medical or pharmaceutical substance or product, including cosmetics and toiletry, or any part or component thereof;
(ba)
he is a person authorized under section 23A for the purposes of this subsection and gives or provides, or certifies or declares in writing the result of, the chemical analysis for the purpose and in the course of his employment; or
(c)
he is an employee working under the supervision of a registered chemist or registered pharmacist or person authorized under section 23A and gives or provides, or certifies or declares in writing the result of, the chemical analysis for the purpose and in the course of his employment and, in the case of an employee working under the supervision of a registered pharmacist, the chemical analysis is for the purpose of determining the composition or specifications of a food, medical or pharmaceutical substance or product, including cosmetics and toiletry, or any part or component thereof.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one
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year or to both and, for the second and subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or two both.
Authorization pertaining to chemical analysis