8. Control of imports of poisons
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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;
This section shall not apply to—
any person arriving in Malaysia from a place outside
Malaysia who imports, as part of his personal luggage and solely for his personal use or for the use of his family, a prepared or packaged medicine containing any poison, not exceeding such quantities as may be reasonably required for one month’s use by one person; and
any person importing a prepared or packaged medicine containing any poison for his own personal use or for that of his family by letter or parcel post, in such quantities and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act; and
any officer of the Government importing in the course of his duty any poison on account of the Government; and
any other person whom the Minister may absolutely or conditionally exempt from the provisions of this section.
Any person who imports any poison in contravention of this section or who contravenes any term or condition of any licence granted to him or the provisions of any regulation made or any condition of any exemption granted to him under this section shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.