Section 17
Feedback & supportNo poison shall be sold or supplied to any person under eighteen years of age, otherwise than for purposes of the medical or dental treatment of such person.
poison
“poison” means any substance specified by name in the first column of the Poisons List and includes any preparation, solution, compound, mixture or natural substance containing such substance, other than an exempted preparation or an article or preparation included for the time being in the Second Schedule;
Any person contravening this section shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
It shall be a sufficient defence to any charge under this section that the person charged had reasonable cause to believe that the person to whom such sale was made was above the age of eighteen years.
sale
“sell” or “sale” includes barter and also includes offering or attempting the sell;