Section 54: Operating a pharmacy without registration.

(1) A person or body corporate that owns, operates, maintains, establishes or has charge of, either alone or with another person, a pharmacy which is not registered under this Act, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of N2,500,000.00 or imprisonment for a term of two years or both.
(2) A person or body corporate that owns, operates, maintains, establishes or has charge of, either alone or with another person, a pharmacy in which a person not licensed as a pharmacist or not registered as an intern pharmacist or in which an intern pharmacist who is not acting under the direct and immediate personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist fills, compounds, or dispenses any prescription or dispenses medicines, drugs or poison, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of N2,500,000 or imprisonment for a term of two years or both.
(3) A person or body corporate that owns, operates, maintains, establishes or has charge of, either alone or with another person, a satellite medicine facilities outlet or patent and patent medicines vendors shop which is not registered under this Act, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of N500,000 or imprisonment for a term of at least six months or both.
(4) A person who knowingly and with intent to defraud -
(a) makes a false or fraudulent claim, either for himself or another person, in any application, affidavit or statement presented to the Council or any proceeding before the Council, or
(b) fills, compounds or dispenses prescriptions or medicines without holding a valid licence as a pharmacist or not registered as an intern pharmacist or is an intern not acting under the direct and immediate personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of N250,000 or imprisonment for a term of one year or both.