Last Updated: 8 September 2020

[PHP 48A] Free Medicine Programme48A 

48A
(1) Any person who has obtained the approval of the Commission under section 48 to carry on a pharmacy business must participate in the Free Medicine Programme.

[subs (1) am Act 43 of 2022 s 10, effective 15 August 2022]

(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $100,000 and an additional fine of $5,000 for each day the offence continues.
(3) In this section, “Free Medicine Programme” means the Free Medicine Programme introduced by the Government for eligible persons to have access to specified medicine free of charge from 1 January 2015.

[s 48A insrt Act 28 of 2015 s 2, effective 1 January 2016]