The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
17D. Spurious cosmetics. –
For the purposes of this Chapter, a cosmetic shall be deemed to be spurious, —
(a) If it is manufactured under a name which belongs to another cosmetic ; or
(b) If it is an imitation of, or a substitute for, another cosmetic or resembles another cosmetic in a manner likely to deceive or bears upon it or upon its conspicuously marked so as to reveal its true character and its lack of identity with such other cosmetic ; or
(c) If the label or container bears the name of an individual or a company purporting to be the manufacturer of the cosmetic which individual or company is fictitious or does not exist ; or
(d) If it purports to be the product of a manufacturer of whom it is not truly a product.
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1. Ins. by Act 68 of 1982, sec. 13 (w.e.f. 1-2-1983).
The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940