Section 33E
Misbranded drugs.
The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
About this Act
An Act to regulate the import, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs and cosmetics.
1[33E. Misbranded drugs.--For the purposes of this Chapter, an Ayurvedic, Siddha or Unani drug
shall be deemed to be misbranded--
(a) if it is so coloured, coated, powdered or polished that damage is concealed, or if it is made to appear of better or greater therapeutic value than it really is; or
(b) if it is not labelled in the prescribed manner; or
(c) if its label or container or anything accompanying the drug bears any statement, design or device which makes any false claim for the drug or which is false or misleading in any particular.]
(a) if it is so coloured, coated, powdered or polished that damage is concealed, or if it is made to appear of better or greater therapeutic value than it really is; or
(b) if it is not labelled in the prescribed manner; or
(c) if its label or container or anything accompanying the drug bears any statement, design or device which makes any false claim for the drug or which is false or misleading in any particular.]
Notes
1. Subs. by s. 31, ibid., for sections.33D and 33E (w.e.f. 1-2-1983).