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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
28House to house sale of poisons or controlled substances prohibited
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28 House to house sale of poisons or controlled substances prohibited
(1) A person shall not—
(a) sell or supply in any street or from house to house; or
(b) hawk or peddle, or distribute or cause to be distributed as samples, in any street or public place or from house to house—
any poison or controlled substance.
S. 28(2) amended by No. 10002 s. 14(a).
(2) A person shall not purchase or accept or offer to purchase or accept any poison or controlled substance offered for sale or hawked or peddled pursuant to subsection (1).
1. Two years imprisonment or 50 penalty units.