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THE GUJARAT DRUGS (CONTROL) ACT, 1959

The Gujarat Drugs (Control) Act, 1959

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The Gujarat Drugs (Control) Act, 1959 regulates the possession, sale, transport, and distribution of notified drugs within the State of Gujarat. It applies to drug wholesalers, retailers, medical practitioners, commercial entities, and ordinary individuals. To prevent the misuse of drugs that could harm public health, the law mandates strict licensing for dealers, requires valid medical prescriptions for retail sales, and limits the quantities of notified drugs that individuals and businesses can legally possess or move. It empowers state authorities and inspectors to grant licences, search premises, seize illegal stocks, and prosecute violators, thereby ensuring public safety and controlled medical access across the state.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Director of Prohibition and Excise.
  4. 4. Powers of Collector.
  5. 5. Control of the Director on officers empowered under this Act.
  6. 6. Drugs to which this Act applies and notified drugs.
  7. 7. Regulation of business of wholesaler or retailer in notified drugs.
  8. 8. Sale by retailer.
  9. 9. Power of dealer to sell to medical practitioner and person authorised under section 14 : sale by medical practitioner.
  10. 10. Maximum quantity of sale by dealer.
  11. 11. Licensed retailer and medical practitioner not to supply notified drug for purposes other than medicinal and except under prescription
  12. 12. Regulation of possession of notified drug
  13. 13. Regulation of transport of notified drugs
  14. 14. Regulation of possession or transport of notified drugs by certain persons
  15. 15. Sale possession and transport of notified drug by any person on account of another
  16. 16. Regulation of sale, etc. of notified drugs for purposes of sample
  17. 17. Sale memorandum to be given in respect of sales
  18. 18. Power to suspend or cancel licence etc.
  19. 19. Evasion of provisions
  20. 20. Power to obtain information
  21. 21. Penalty
  22. 22. Offences by companies
  23. 23. Magistrate's power to impose higher punishment.
  24. 24. Things liable to confiscation.
  25. 25. Procedure in confiscation.
  26. 26. Inspectors and procedure.
  27. 27. No prosecution without sanction.
  28. 28. Power to search and seize.
  29. 29. Power to search and seize notified drugs, etc. in open place.
  30. 30. Procedure for search and seizure.
  31. 31. Power to inspect premises of licensed dealers.
  32. 32. Appeals
  33. 33. Revision.
  34. 34. Bar of proceedings.
  35. 35. Punishment for vexatious entry, search seizure.
  36. 36. Limitation of prosecutions or suits against officers.
  37. 37. General Powers of State Government.
  38. 38. Delegation.
  39. 39. Provisions of this Act not to apply to notified drugs which are the property of Government
  40. 40. Power to make rules.
  41. 41. Repeals and savings
  42. 42. Saving of other laws.

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