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Section 3: Scrutiny of Misleading Advertisements Relating to Drugs

The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Rules, 1955Central Rules · 1954

Any person authorized by the State Government in this behalf may, if satisfied, that an advertisement relating to a drug contravenes the provisions of section 4], by order, require the manufacturer, packer, distributor or seller of the drug to furnish, within such time as may be specified in the order or such further time as may be allowed in this behalf by the person so authorized information regarding the composition of the drug or the ingredients thereof or any other information in regard to that drug as he deems necessary for holding the scrutiny of the advertisement and where any such order is made, it shall be the duty of the manufacturer, packer, distributor or seller of the drug to which the advertisement relates to comply with the order. Any failure to comply with such order shall, for the purposes of section 7, be deemed to be a contravention of the provisions of section 4:

Provided that no publisher or advertising agency of any medium for the dissemination of any advertisement relating to a drug shall be deemed to have made any contravention merely by reason of the dissemination by him or if any such advertisement, unless such publisher or advertising agency has failed to comply with any discretion made by the authorized person in this behalf calling upon him or it to furnish the name and address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller or advertising agency, as the case may be, who or which caused such advertisement to be disseminated.

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ActThe Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Rules, 1955
Section3
Marginal noteScrutiny of Misleading Advertisements Relating to Drugs
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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