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The Poisons Act, 1919

( ACT NO. XII OF 1919 )

Penalty for unlawful importation, etc.
6.(1) Whoever-
 
 
(a) commits a breach of any rule made under section 2, or
 
 
(b) imports without a licence into Bangladesh across a customs frontier defined by the Government any poison the importation of which is for the time being restricted under section 3, or
 
 
(c) breaks any condition of a licence for the importation of any poison granted to him under section 3,
 
 
shall be punishable,-
 
 
(i) on a first conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred Taka, or with both, and
 
 
(ii) on a second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand Taka, or with both.
 
 
(2) Any poison in respect of which an offence has been committed under this section, together with the vessels, packages or coverings in which the same is found, shall be liable to confiscation.

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