{
  "id": "zw-1912-1",
  "type": "statute",
  "title": "White Phosphorus Matches Act",
  "title_en": "White Phosphorus Matches Act",
  "short_name": "zw-1912-1",
  "status": "in_force",
  "issued_date": "1912-01-01",
  "in_force_date": "1912-01-01",
  "url": "https://zimlii.org/akn/zw/act/1912/1/eng@2016-12-31",
  "provisions": [
    {
      "provision_ref": "s1",
      "section": "1",
      "title": "Short title",
      "content": "1. Short title This Act may be cited as the White Phosphorus Matches Act [Chapter 14:25] ."
    },
    {
      "provision_ref": "s2",
      "section": "2",
      "title": "Prohibitions",
      "content": "2. Prohibitions The manufacture, importation or sale of matches containing white phosphorus is prohibited."
    },
    {
      "provision_ref": "s3",
      "section": "3",
      "title": "Penalties",
      "content": "3. Penalties Any person who contravenes section two shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [section as amended by Act No. 22 of 2001 ]"
    }
  ],
  "definitions": []
}