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 7: Penalty.
    Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Act 1[or the rules made thereunder] shall, on conviction, be punishable--
         (a) in the case of the first conviction, with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both;
         (b) in the case of a subsequent conviction, with imprisonment which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Notes:
1 Ins. by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 17-12-1963).
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