Section 7:
Restrictions on trade and commerce in, and production, supply and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
(1) No person shall, directly or indirectly, produce, supply or distribute cigarettes or any other tobacco products unless every package of cigarettes or any other tobacco products
produced, supplied or distributed by him bears thereon, or on its label 1[such specified warning including
a pictorial warning as may be prescribed.]
(2) No person shall carry on trade or commerce in cigarettes or any other tobacco products unless
every package of cigarettes or any other tobacco products sold, supplied or distributed by him bears
thereon, or on its label, the specified warning.
(3) No person shall import cigarettes or any other tobacco products for distribution or supply for a
valuable consideration or for sale in India unless every package of cigarettes or any other tobacco
products so imported by him bears thereon, or on its label, the specified warning.
(4) The specified warning shall appear on not less than one of the largest panels of the package in
which cigarettes or any other tobacco products have been packed for distribution, sale or supply for a
valuable consideration.
(5) No person shall, directly or indirectly, produce, supply or distribute cigarettes or any other
tobacco products unless every package of cigarettes or any other tobacco products produced, supplied or
distributed by him indicates thereon, or on its label, the nicotine and tar contents on each cigarette or as
the case may be on other tobacco products along with the maximum permissible limits thereof:
Provided that the nicotine and tar contents shall not exceed the maximum permissible quantity thereof
as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 38 of 2007, s. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 24-9-2007).