Regulation 18

A manufacturer of any drug specified in the First Schedule and a wholesale dealer in any such drug shall keep every invoice or other like record issued in respect of each quantity of that drug obtained by him and in respect of each quantity of the drug supplied by him.

A retail dealer in any drug specified in the First Schedule shall keep every invoice or other like record issued in respect of each quantity of that drug obtained by him.

Every document kept in pursuance of this regulation shall be preserved for a period of 3 years from the date on which it is issued.

The keeping of a copy of the document made at any time during the period of 3 years shall be treated for the purposes of this regulation as if it were the keeping of the original document.