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Document ID (ISN)76027
CIS number 01-14
ISSN - Serial title Government Gazette (Malaysia)
Year 1974
Convention or series no. Act No.149
Title Pesticides Act, 1974 [Malaysia]
Bibliographic information 1974, Laws of Malaysia, No.18, p.7-64.
Abstract Contents of this law: definitions; establishment of a Pesticides Board; control of importation and manufacture of pesticides by registration and permit; control of manufacture, sale and storage of pesticides by licensing; control of presence of pesticides in food; death and injury occasioned by pesticides; enforcement; analysis of samples; proceedings and general legal aspects. In annex: list of pesticides.
Descriptors (primary) agricultural chemicals; pesticides; Malaysia
Descriptors (secondary) notification of dangerous substances; public OSH institutions; notification of occupational accidents; labelling; storage; list of chemical substances; control of issue of dangerous materials; approval; inspection; licensing new products; food contamination; law; accident investigation
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceMalaysia
Subject(s) Laws
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Agricultural chemicals