law: Pharmacy Act, 1948 
  42. Dispensing unregistered sons
  (1) On or after such
  
  date as the State Government may be notification in the Official Gazette
  
  appoint in this behalf, no person other than a registered pharmacist shall
  
  compound, prepare, mix, or dispense any medicine on the prescription of a
  
  medical practitioner 66[***] :
  Provided that this sub-section
  
  shall not apply to the dispensing by a medical practitioner of medicine for his
  
  own patients, or with the general or special sanction of the State Government,
  
  for the patients of another medical practitioner :
   67  [Provided further
  
  that where no such date is appointed by the Government of a State, this
  
  sub-section shall take effect in that State on the expiry of a period of 68[eight
  
  years] from the commencement of the Pharmacy (Amendment) Act, 1976.
  (2) Whoever
  
  contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be punishable with
  
  imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine not
  
  exceeding one thousand rupees or with both.
  (3) Cognizance of an
  
  offence punishable under this section shall not be taken except upon complaint
  
  made by 69[order of the State Government or any officer authorized
  
  in this behalf by the State Government, or by order of the Executive Committee
  
  of the State Council.]