Clause 4

Section 17 of the Poisons Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following: —“(1) Any person who acts in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder shall, except in so far as his act comes within one of the exemptions made by sections 7 and 8, be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.