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Pharmacy Act, 1974 (Act No. 53 of 1974)

Chapter II : Registration of Pharmacists and Bodies Corporate carrying on Business as a Pharmacist and Maintenance of Registers

22A. Prohibition of opening, purchase or acquisition of certain pharmacies by certain bodies corporate

 

(1) No body corporate, other than a body corporate which complies with the provisions of section 22 (6) or 22B (1) (f), shall open, purchase or otherwise acquire a pharmacy in which the business of a retail pharmacy is carried on, or acquire any share in such pharmacy.

 

(2) Any contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be an offence and any person shall on conviction thereof be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rand.