(1) In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(a) "dealer" means a person carrying on, either personally or through any other person, the business of selling any drugs, whether wholesale or retail ;
(b) "drug;' means any drug, as defined in clause (b) of section 3 of the Drugs Act, 1940, in respect of which a declaration has been made under section 3;
(c) "offer for sale" includes a reference to an intimation by a person of the price proposed by him for a sale of any drug, made by the publication of a price list, by exposing the drug for sale in association with a mark indicating price, by the furnishing of a quotation or otherwise howsoever;
(d) "producer" includes a manufacturer.
(2) A drug shall be deemed to be in the possession of a person—
(i) when it is held on behalf of that person by another person;
(ii) notwithstanding that it is mortgaged to another person.
3. The State Governmentmay, by notification in Drugs to the Official Gazette, declare any drug to be a drug to which which this this Act shall apply. Act applies.