Act Number: 23

Act Name: The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940

Year: 1940

Enactment Date: 1940-04-10

Long Title: An Act to regulate the import, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs and cosmetics.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 9C: Misbranded cosmetics.
    1[9C. Misbranded cosmetics.--For the purposes of this Chapter, a cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded--
         (a) if it contains a colour which is not prescribed; or
         (b) if it is not labelled in the prescribed manner; or
         (c) if the label or container or anything accompanying the cosmetic bears any statement which is false or misleading in any particular.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 6, ibid., for sections 9A and 9B (w.e.f. 1-2-1983).
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