    WHITE PHOSPHORUS MATCHES (PROHIBITION)       [ CAP. 38.  1
CHAPTER 38
WHITE PHOSPHORUS MATCHES (Prohibition) 
ORDINANCE
 To prohibit the manufacture, sale and importation of matches made
with white phosphorus.
(1st October, 1910) *
(1st January, 1911)
Enacted by ORDINANCE IX of 1910.
Short title.
Matches (Prohibition) Ordinance.
Definition of 
"white 
phosphorus”.
2. In this Ordinance "white phosphorus" means the substance
usually known as white or yellow phosphorus.
Prohibition to use 
white phosphorus 
in the manufacture 
of matches.
3. It shall not be lawful for any person to use white
phosphorus in the manufacture of matches.
Taking of samples 
of substances used 
in the manufacture 
of matches.
4. The owner or manager of any factory in which the
manufacture of matches is carried on shall allow any Police officer
not below the rank of sub-inspector, at any time to take for analysis
sufficient samples of any material in use or mixed for use:
  Provided that the owner or manager may, at the time when the
sample is taken, and on providing the necessary appliances, require
such Police officer to divide the sample so taken into two parts and
to mark, seal and deliver to him one part.
Prohibition of sale 
of matches made 
with white 
phosphorus. 
5. It shall not be lawful for any person to sell, or to offer or
expose for sale, or to have in his possession for the purpose of sale
any matches made with white phosphorus.
Prohibition of 
importation of 
matches made with 
white phosphorus. 
Cap. 37.
6. It shall not be lawful to import into Malta matches made
with white phosphorus, and matches so made shall be deemed to be
prohibited goods to which the provisions of the Customs Ordinance
shall apply.
Penalties.
or interferes with, or obstructs the Police in the execution of their
duty under this Ordinance, he shall be liable to a fine ( ammenda  or
multa ), and all white phosphorus or matches made with white
phosphorus found in his possession may be seized by any officer of
Police and shall be liable to forfeiture.
* See  Proclamation No. XI of 28th June, 1910.
