For the purposes of this Chapter, a drug shall be deemed to be spurious-
(a) if it is imported under a name which belongs to another drug; or
(b) if it is an imitation of, or is a substitute for, another drug or resembles another drug in a manner likely to deceive or bears upon it or upon its label or container the name of another drug unless it is plainly and conspicuously marked so as to reveal its true character and its lack of identity with such other drug; or
(c) if the label or container bears the name of an individual or company purporting to be the manufacturer of the drug, which individual or company is fictitious or does not exist; or
(d) if it has been substituted wholly or in part by another drug or substance; or
(e) if it purports to be the product of a manufacturer of whom it is not truly a product.]
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1. Subs. by s. 6, ibid., for sections 9A and 9B (w.e.f. 1-2-1983).
Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 Application of other laws not barred
Section 4 Presumption as to poisonous substances
Section 5 The Drugs Technical Advisory Board
Section 6 The Central Drugs Laboratory
Section 7 The Drugs Consultative Committee
Section 7A Sections 5 and 7 not to apply to Ayurvedic, Siddha or Unani drugs
Section 8 Standards of quality
Section 9C Misbranded cosmetics
Section 10 Prohibition of import of certain drugs or cosmetics
Section 10A Power of Central Government to prohibit import of drugs and cosmetics in public interest
Section 11 Application of law relating to sea customs and powers of Customs officers