Singapore legislation
Regulation 22
Regulation 22
Indication of character of poison
Subregulation 1
Instead of being labelled with the word “Poison”, the container of any article specified in the first column of the Fifth Schedule is to be labelled with the words specified opposite that article in the second column.
Subregulation 2
The said words or the word “Poison”, as the case may be, shall not be modified in meaning by the addition of any other word or mark, and shall —
in the case of a substance included in the First Schedule, either be in red lettering or be set against a red background with the word “Poison” written or printed in the English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese languages; and (b)in all cases either be on a separate label or be surrounded by a line within which there shall be no other words except words with which the container of the poison is required to be labelled under this rule and rule 23.
Subregulation 3
The Malay, Tamil and Chinese versions of the words prescribed in paragraph (2) shall be as set out in the Tenth Schedule.