Act Number: 21

Act Name: The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act, 1954

Year: 1954

Enactment Date: 1954-04-30

Long Title: An Act to control the advertisement of drugs in certain cases, to prohibit the advertisement for certain purposes of remedies alleged to possess magic qualities and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 4: Prohibition of misleading advertisements relating to drugs.
    Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall take any part in the publication of any advertisement relating to a drug if the advertisement contains any matters which--
         (a) directly or indirectly gives a false impression regarding the true character of the drug; or
         (b) makes a false claim for the drug; or
         (c) is otherwise false or misleading in any material particular.
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