Singapore legislation

Section 44

of Medicines Act 1975

Section 44

Labelling and marking of containers and packages

(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.