Section 1Short title and extent

Section 1: Short title and extent

1. Short title and extent

(1)

This Act may be called the Poisons Act, 1919.

(2)

It extends to the whole of India:

Provided that it shall not apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir* except to the extent to which the provisions of this Act relate to the importation into India of any specified poison.

Amendment notes (2)
  1. Subs . Subs. by Act 47 of 1958, s. 2, for the former sub-section (2).
  2. . Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.