Singapore legislation
Clause 44
Clause 44
Labelling and marking of containers and packages
(1)
The Minister may by regulations impose such requirements as he considers necessary or expedient with respect to any of the following matters: —
the labelling of containers of medicinal products;
the labelling of packages of medicinal products;
the display of distinctive marks on containers and packages of medicinal products.
(2)
No person shall sell or supply any medicinal product in such circumstances as to contravene any requirements imposed by such regulations.
(3)
In so far 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 its being enclosed in a container shall, except in so far as the regulations otherwise provide, be taken to contravene those requirements as if he had sold or supplied it in a container not complying with those requirements.
(4)
Without prejudice to subsections (1), (2) and (3), no person shall 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 —
falsely describes the product; or
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.