Singapore legislation
Regulation 7
of Medicines (Labelling of Chinese Proprietary Medicines) Regulations
Regulation 7
Manner in which particulars are to be stated
Subregulation 1
The particulars required by regulation 3 to be stated on the container or package of, or on any leaflet supplied with, any Chinese proprietary medicine shall —
be printed in letters not less than 1.5 millimetres in height;
be clearly legible;
be printed in an indelible manner; and
appear conspicuously in a prominent position on such container, package or leaflet so as to be easily read by an intending purchaser or user of the Chinese proprietary medicine under normal conditions of purchase or use.
Subregulation 2
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the particulars required by regulation 3 to be stated on the container or package of, or on any leaflet supplied with, any Chinese proprietary medicine may be printed in reduced size where such container, package or leaflet is so small as to prevent the use of wording of the size specified in paragraph (1), provided the particulars are clearly legible.
Subregulation 3
Where a container which is in the form of a bubble, blister or other sealed unit is part of a continuous series comprising a sheet or strip of like containers, regulation 3 shall be deemed to have been complied with if the particulars required by that regulation to be stated are displayed at regular intervals on the sheet or strip of such containers.
Subregulation 4
Where the package immediately enclosing a container referred to in paragraph (3) is itself in the form of a bubble, blister or other sealed unit and is part of a continuous series comprising a sheet or strip of like packages, regulation 3 shall be deemed to have been complied with if the particulars required by that regulation to be stated are displayed at frequent intervals on the sheet or strip of such packages.