Section 26:
Purchaser of drug or cosmetic enabled to obtain test or analysis.
Any person
2[or any recognised consumer association, whether such person is a member of that association
or not,] shall, on application in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, be
entitled to submit for test or analysis to a Government Analyst any drug 1[or cosmetic]
3[purchased by him or it] and to receive a report of such test or analysis signed by the
Government Analyst.
4 [Explanation.--For the purposes of this section and section 32, "recognised consumer association
means a voluntary consumer association registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or any
other law for the time being in force.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 21 of 1962, s. 15 (w.e.f. 27-7-1964)
2. Ins. by Act 71 of 1986, s. 2 (w.e.f. 15-9-1987).
3. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "purchased by him" (w.e.f. 15-9-1987).
4. Ins. by Act 71 of 1986, s. 2 (w.e.f. 15-9-1987)