Singapore legislation
Regulation 20
Regulation 20
Labelling of name of poison
Subregulation 1
Subject to this rule, the name of a poison shall, for the purpose of the provisions relating to labelling, be the term under which it is included in the Poisons List.
Subregulation 2
Where the term referred to in paragraph (1) describes a group of poisons and not the poison specifically, the name of the poison shall be —
if the poison is the subject of a monograph in either the British Pharmacopoeia or the Pharmaceutical Codex, one or other of the names or synonyms or abbreviated names set out at the head of the monograph; and (b)in any other case, the accepted scientific name or the name descriptive of the true nature and origin of the poison.
Subregulation 3
Notwithstanding anything in paragraphs (1) and (2), if the poison consists of, or is contained in, any preparation in the British Pharmacopoeia, or the Formulary of the Pharmaceutical Codex, or any dilution or admixture of such a preparation, the name of the poison may, for the purposes of this rule, be the name or synonym or abbreviated name used to describe the preparation in the British Pharmacopoeia or the Formulary of the Pharmaceutical Codex, with the addition of the letters B.P. or P.C., as the case may be.