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)
- Subs . Subs. by Act 47 of 1958, s. 2, for the former sub-section (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.