Section 157: Medicines and medical appliances
consolidated text (as at 2006, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
157. Medicines and medical appliances
(1) (a) Medicines and medical appliances shall be dispensed from all dispensaries free of charge to all persons upon a certificate given by any person
referred to in section 156.
(b) Every certificate for the free issue of medicines or appliances
from a dispensary shall state that the person for whom the medicines and
medical appliances are required is in poor circumstances and unable to pay
for them.
(c) Where after inquiry it is found that the patient has the means of
paying, he shall be liable for those medicines and appliances.
(2) The Minister may, by regulations, provide that medicines and medical
appliances shall be dispensed from all dispensaries free of charge to such
classes of Government officers, servants or employees or to any member of
their families, as he thinks fit.
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- Can I get free medicine from a dispensary if I'm poor and have a certificate?