(I) (a) where the Commissioner of prohibition and Excise has reasonable suspicion that any spirituous preparation manufactured, stocked, imported or sold by any person, whether a licensee or not –
(i) is not generally used in the treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease; or
(ii) is widely misused as a substitute for alcohol, or
(iii) is a spurious preparation ; or
(b) where the Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise receives any representation from any manufacturer referred to in Rule 6 that a preparation classified as spurious preparation is to be reclassified as a bona fide preparation he shall refer such cases to the Expert Committee for its advice as to whether the preparation is spurious, bona fide or whether any ingredients used or added are objectionable. On receipt of the advice, the Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise shall decide whether the preparation is spurious. bona fide or whether any ingredients used or added are objectionable and he shall notify his decision in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. His decision in this respect shall be final.
(2) The Expert Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:
(1) Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Chennai ;
(2)Director, Tamil Nadu Forensic Science Laboratory, Chennai;
(3) Director of Indian Medicine;
(4) State Drugs Controller or his Deputy;
(5) President of the Council of Homeopathy System of Medicine and practitioners of Homeopathy Act, 1971 ( Tamil Nadu Act 5 of 1972). The Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise shall be the Chairman of the Expert Committee.