Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
General provisions as to dealing with medicinal products
(1)
Except in accordance with a licence granted for the purposes of this section (in this Act referred to as a “product licence”) no person shall in circumstances to which this section applies —
sell, supply or export any medicinal product;
procure the sale, supply or exportation of any medicinal product; or
procure the manufacture or assembly of any medicinal product for sale, supply or exportation.
(2)
No person shall import any medicinal product except in accordance with a product licence or an import licence.
(3)
In relation to an imported medicinal product, this section shall apply to circumstances in which the person selling, supplying or exporting the medicinal product in question, or procuring the sale, supply or exportation or the manufacture or assembly for sale, supply or exportation of that product, has himself imported the product or procured its importation.
(4)
In relation to any medicinal product which has not been imported, this section shall apply to any circumstances in which the person selling, supplying or exporting the medicinal product in question, or procuring the sale, supply or exportation or the manufacture or assembly for sale, supply or exportation of that product, is responsible for the composition of the product.
(5)
For the purposes of subsection (4) a person shall be taken to be responsible for the composition of a medicinal product if —
he procures the manufacture of the product to his order by another person, where the order specifies, or incorporates by reference to some other document, particulars of the composition of the product ordered, whether those particulars amount to a complete specification or not; or
he manufactures the product otherwise than in pursuance of an order which fulfils the conditions specified in paragraph (a).