Medicines and Allied Substances [No. of 2013 21 (2) A person who dispenses any medicine or allied substance without a dispensing certificate to a patient in a health facility commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding two million penalty units or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years, or to both. Dispensing certificate (3) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority, by statutory instrument, provide for— (a) the criteria and procedure for applying for a dispensing certificate and the grant, amendment, renewal, transfer and revocation of a dispensing certificate; (b) the terms and conditions attaching to an application, grant, amendment, refusal, renewal, transfer or revocation of a dispensing certificate; (c) the exemption of certain categories of persons from any provision of this section; and (d) any other matters that are necessary or incidental to the effective regulation of dispensing certificates under this Act. 29. (1) The Authority may, upon application by a person, issue an agro-veterinary shop permit to the person to sell a prescribed list of veterinary medicinal products, under the control and management of such persons as the Authority may authorise. (2) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority, by statutory instrument, provide for— (a) the criteria and procedure for applying for an agroveterinary shop permit and the grant, amendment, renewal, transfer and revocation of an agro-veterinary shop permit; (b) the terms and conditions attaching to an application, grant, amendment, refusal, renewal, transfer or revocation of an agro-veterinary shop permit; and (c) any other matters that are necessary or incidental to the effective regulation of agro-veterinary shop permits under this Act. 30. (1) The Authority may, upon application by a person, issue a health shop permit to the person to handle a prescribed list of medicines and allied substances in designated areas under the Agroveterinary shop permit