Preamble - DRUGS AND COSMETICS (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2016

DRUGS AND COSMETICS (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2016

PREAMBLE

The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, which the Central Government proposes to make, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12 and 33 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940), after consultation with the Drugs Technical Advisory Board, is hereby published as required by the said section 12 and sub-section (1) of section 33 for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of a period of forty-five days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing these draft rules are made available to the public;

Objections and suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Under Secretary (Drugs), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi- 110011;

The objections and suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules within the period specified above, will be considered by the Central Government.

Rule 1 - RULE 1

(1) These rules may be called the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules, 2016.

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

Rule 2 - RULE 2

In the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, in rule 43-A, for the words "Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Cochin, Nhava Sheva, Kandla, Inland Container Depots at Tuglakabad and Patparganj in Delhi, Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, Marmugao port in Goa and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh: in respect of drugs imported by sea into India", the following words shall be substituted, namely:-

"Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Cochin, Nhava Sheva, Kandla, Inland Container Depots at Tuglakabad and Patparganj in Delhi, Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu,Marmugao port in Goa,Visakhapatnam and Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Hazira Port and Inland Container Depot,Khohdiyar, Gandhinagar in Gujarat: in respect of drugs imported by sea into India;".