Directives on selling & buying acid
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 22 2014 :
The Supreme Court has issued several directives to be followed by all States and Union Territories regarding selling and buying of acid and corrode products.
Accordingly, people selling acid and corrode products should use log/register book for keeping record of buyers' details, quantity of product sold, etc and they should not sell the products to people who are under 18 years of age.
Furthermore, buyers should bring proper identification documents including address proof and photo ID at the time of buying the products and they should be allowed to purchase it only after giving valid reasons for using it.
It also directed that sellers should declare their stockpile products to the concerned SDM failing which their stockpile products will be seized by the concerned SDM along with imposing a fine of Rs 50, 000 .