Pharmacy and Poisons (Control of Drugs) Rules (Cap. 244)
Made 1969 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- African Union (AU)
- Country
- Kenya
- Subjects
- Livestock
- Keywords
- animal health, drugs, legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, international trade, internal trade
- Categories
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[Rev. 2012] P15 - 95 [Issue 1] PHARMACY AND POISONS (CONTROL OF DRUGS) RULES, 1969 [L.N. 180/1969, L.N. 247/1969, L.N. 228/1974.] 1. These Rules may be cited as the Pharmacy and Poisons (Control of Drugs) Rules, 1969. 2. In these Rules, “drug” means a medicine, medicinal preparation or therapeutic substance which is contained in an ampule or capsule or in a form in which the drug may be used for injection. 3. No person other than those authorized to import, possess, distribute, sell or purchase Part I poisons under the Act shall import, possess, distribute, sell or purchase any drug. 4. A person who is authorized to import, possess, distribute, sell or purchase drugs shall do so subject to the conditions governing the importation, possession, distribution, sale and purchase of Part I poisons under the Act. 5. A person who fails to comply with paragraphs 3 and 4 of these Rules shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two months or both such fine and such imprisonment.