Section 4: Power to regulate possession of any poison in certain areas.

The Poisons Act, 1919Central Act · Act 12 of 1919

(1) The State Government *** may by rule regulate on the possession of any specified poison in any local area in which the use of such poison for the purpose of committing murder or mischief by poisoning cattle appears to it to be of such frequent occurrence as to render restrictions on the possession thereof desirable.

(2) In making any rule under sub-section (1), the State Government may direct that any breach thereof shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both, together with confiscation of the poison in respect of which the breach has been committed, and of the vessels, packages or coverings in which the same is found.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Poisons Act, 1919
Section	4
Marginal note	Power to regulate possession of any poison in certain areas.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

repealed. . The words “subject to the control of the G.G. in C.” rep by the A.O. 1937.

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