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MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(Department of Health)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 20th December, 2001

G.S.R. 909(E).— Whereas a draft of certain rules further to amend the Drugs

and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 was published, as required by sections 12 and 33 of the

Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940), in Part - It, Section 3, Sub-section (i),

of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 22nd June, 2001, under the

notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(Department of Health), number GSR 449(E), dated the 22nd June, 2001, inviting

objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, before the

expiry of a period of forty-five days from the date on which copies of the Officia

Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;

And whereas copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on

23-6-2001.

And whereas objections and suggestions received from the public on the said

draft rules have been considered by the Central Government;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12 and 33 of

the said Act, the Central Government, after consultation with the Drugs Technical

Advisory Board, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Drugs and

Cosmetics Rules, 1945, namely : -

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(1) These rules may be called the Drugs and Cosmetics

(1 oth Amendment)

Rules, 2001.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official

Gazette.