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 17: Misbranded drugs
    1[17. Misbranded drugs.-- For the purposes of this Chapter, a 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.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 68 of 1982, s. 13, for sections 17, 17A and 17B (w.e.f. 1-2-1983).
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