Labelling and marking of containers and packages
Open ↗44.—(1) The Minister may by regulations impose any requirements that the Minister considers necessary or expedient with respect to any of the following matters:(a)
the labelling of containers of medicinal products;
(b)
the labelling of packages of medicinal products;
(c)
the display of distinctive marks on containers and packages of medicinal products.
(2) A person must not sell or supply any medicinal product in such circumstances as to contravene any requirements imposed by the regulations mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) Insofar as any such requirements relate to the labelling or marking of containers of medicinal products, a person who sells or supplies a medicinal product to which the requirements are applicable without it being enclosed in a container is, except insofar as the regulations otherwise provide, taken to contravene those requirements as if the person had sold or supplied it in a container not complying with those requirements.
(4) Without affecting subsections (1), (2) and (3), a person must not sell or supply a medicinal product of any description in a container or package which is labelled or marked in such a way that the container or package —(a)
falsely describes the product; or
(b)
is likely to mislead as to the nature or quality of the product or as to the uses or effects of medicinal products of that description.
Leaflets
Open ↗45.—(1) The Minister may by regulations impose any requirements that the Minister considers necessary or expedient with respect to leaflets relating to medicinal products which are supplied, or are intended to be supplied, with the products, whether by being enclosed in containers or packages of the products or otherwise.
(2) A person must not supply with any medicinal products, or have in the person’s possession for the purpose of so supplying, a leaflet which contravenes any requirements imposed by the regulations mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) Without affecting subsections (1) and (2), a person must not supply with a medicinal product of any description, or have in the person’s possession for the purpose of so supplying, a leaflet which —(a)
falsely describes the product; or
(b)
is likely to mislead as to the nature or quality of the product or as to the uses or effects of medicinal products of that description.
Requirements as to containers
Open ↗46.—(1) The Minister may by regulations prohibit the sale or supply of medicinal products otherwise than in containers which comply with any requirements that the Minister considers necessary or expedient and in particular may require such containers to be of such strength, to be made of such materials and to be of such shapes or patterns, as may be prescribed.
(2) A person must not sell or supply, or have in the person’s possession for the purpose of sale or supply, any medicinal product in such circumstances as to contravene any requirements imposed by the regulations mentioned in subsection (1).
Distinctive colours, shapes and markings of medicinal products
Open ↗47.—(1) The Minister may by regulations impose any requirements that the Minister considers necessary or expedient with respect to any one or more of the following matters:(a)
the colour of medicinal products;
(b)
the shape of medicinal products;
(c)
the distinctive marks to be displayed on medicinal products.
(2) The regulations mentioned in subsection (1) may provide that medicinal products of any such description, or falling within any such class, as may be specified in the regulations must not, except in such circumstances (if any) as may be so specified, be of any such colour or shape, or display any such mark, as may be so specified.
(3) A person must not sell or supply, or have in the person’s possession for the purpose of sale or supply, any medicinal product which contravenes any requirements imposed by the regulations mentioned in subsection (1).
Offences under this Part and supplementary provisions
Open ↗48. Any person who contravenes section 44(2), (3) or (4), 45(2) or (3), 46(2) or 47(3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
Source: Singapore Statutes Online (Attorney-General's Chambers), © Government of Singapore.
