9. Section 8 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:-
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| | (1) The Registrar shall not issue a licence under paragraph (a) of subsection(1) of section 7 unless the copy of the draft label submitted with the application contains the following particulars:-
| | | (a) the trade name under which the pesticide shall be sold and its use category; |
| (b)the common names of the active ingredient of the pesticide, in characters not smaller in size than half the size of those used for the trade name of the pesticide and in a position placed directly below the trade name; |
| (c) the contents of all active ingredients expressed, in the case of a solid formulation as a percentage or as grams per kilogram and in the case of liquid formulation, as grams per litre; |
| (d) the name and address of the holder of the licence; |
| (e) adequate directions concerning the manner in which the pesticide is to be used including information as to the period of time which should elapse between the last application of the pesticide and harvesting and marketing of the crop to which it is applied and where the Registrar deems appropriate, the shelf-life of the pesticide; |
| (f) adequate warning and precautionary symbols and statements including first aid and antidote information supplemented, when necessary, in a leaflet in the package, giving detailed instructions; |
| (g) the word "registered" which shall be an official symbol indicating that the pesticide has been licensed under this Act and the licence number assigned to it by the Registrar; |
| (h) any other particulars as may be prescribed by regulation under this Act, |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts