The Drugs (Amendment) Act, 1962, 21 of 1962, (Rep., Act 56 of 1974)

Section 3. After section 17 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

13. After section 17 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:— "17A. For the purposes of this Chapter, a cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded— (a) if it is an imitation of, or a substitute for, or resembles in a manner likely to deceive, another cosmetic; or (b) if it purports to be the product of a place or country of which it is not truly a product; or (c) if it contains a colour which is not prescribed; or (d) if it is sold, or offered or exposed for sale, under a name which belongs to another cosmetic; or (e) if it is not labelled in the prescribed manner; or (f) if its label or container bears the name of an individual or company purporting to be the manufacturer or producer of the cosmetic which individual or company is fictitious or does not exist; or (g) if the label or container bears any statement which is false or misleading in any particular." Amendment of section 18.

Source: India Code