THE DRUGS AND COSMETICS ACT, 1940
An Act to regulate the import, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs 2
[and cosmetics].
WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate the 3
[import, manufacture, distribution and sale] of drugs 2
[and
cosmetics];
AND WHEREAS the Legislatures of all the Provinces have passed resolutions in terms of section 103
of the Government of India Act, 1935 (26 Geo. 5, c. 2), in relation to such of the above-mentioned
matters and matters ancillary thereto as are enumerated in List II of the Seventh Schedule to the said Act:
It is hereby enacted as follows: —
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