The Drugs and Cosmetics Act

Standards of quality

Misbranded drug

Adulterated drugs

Spurious drugs

Misbranded cosmetic

Spurious cosmetics

Adulterated cosmetic

Prohibition of manufacture and sale of certain drugs and cosmetic

Disclosure of the name of the manufacturer, etc

Maintenance of records and furnishing of information

Pleas

Government Analysts

Inspector

Powers of Inspectors

Procedure of Inspectors

Persons bound to disclose place where drugs or cosmetics are manufactured or kept

Reports of Government Analysts

Purchaser of drug or cosmetic enabled to obtain test or analysis

Powers of Central Government to regulate, restrict or prohibit manufacture, etc., of drug and cosmetic in public interest

Powers of Central Government to regulate or restrict, manufacture, etc., of drug in public interest

Penalty for manufacture, sale, etc., of drugs in contravention of this Chapter

Penalty for manufacture, sale, etc., of cosmetics in contravention of this Chapter

Penalty for non-disclosure of the name of the manufacturer, et

Penalty for not keeping documents, etc., and for non-disclosure of information

Penalty for manufacture, etc., of drugs or cosmetics in contravention of section 26A

Penalty for use of Government Analyst’s report for advertising

Penalty for subsequent offences

Confiscation

Application of provisions to Government departments

Cognizance of offences

Power of Court to implead the manufacturer, etc

Compounding of certain offences

Power of Central Government to make rules

Chapter not to apply to Ayurvedic, Siddha or Unani drugs


MANUFACTURE. SALE AND DISTRIBUTSION OF DRUGS AND COSMETICS


1[17C. Misbranded cosmetics.--For the purposes of this Chapter, a cosmetic shall be deemed to be
misbranded,--

(a) if it contains a colour which is not prescribed; or

(b) if it is not labelled in the prescribed manner; or

(c) if the label or container or anything accompanying the cosmetic bears any statement
which is false or misleading in any particular.]

LAWGIST

# 17C Misbranded cosmetic