Medicines Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions
81. Regulations
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations which are necessary or expedient for giving effect to and carrying out the provisions of this Act, including the prescription of fees and of any other thing required to be or which may be prescribed under this Act, and for the due administration thereof.
Such regulations may apply to articles or substances which are not medicinal products but which are manufactured, sold, supplied, imported or exported for use wholly or partly for a medicinal purpose or as a cosmetic product.
cosmetic product
“cosmetic product” means any substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance and correcting body odours, protecting them or keeping them in good condition or all or any of those purposes;
Such regulations may include such incidental, consequential and supplementary provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.
Such regulations may provide that any contravention thereof shall be punishable with a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
Terms defined in s 2
administration
Defined · s 2“administration” means giving or applying to a human being or an animal, whether orally, by injection or by introduction into the body in any other way, or by external application, whether by direct contact with the body or not; and any reference in this Act to administering a substance or article is a reference to administering it either in its existing state or after it has been dissolved or dispersed in, or diluted or mixed with, some other substance used as a vehicle;
cosmetic product
Defined · s 2“cosmetic product” means any substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance and correcting body odours, protecting them or keeping them in good condition or all or any of those purposes;