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The Bombay Drugs (Control) Act, 1959

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The Bombay Drugs (Control) Act, 1959, is a regulatory statute enacted to control the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of specific "notified drugs" within the State of Maharashtra. It mandates that wholesalers and retailers obtain licenses to deal in these drugs and restricts sales to medical prescriptions to prevent misuse. The Act empowers authorities to inspect premises, seize illicit stocks, and penalize unauthorized transactions. For the ordinary citizen, this law ensures that medicines are dispensed safely and legally, preventing the black-market trade of controlled substances and ensuring that only authorized medical practitioners and licensed dealers handle these critical health products.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise
  4. 4. Powers of Collector
  5. 5. Control of the Commissioner 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. Any person who commits any such breach shall, whether he acts with or without the permission of the holder of the licence, permit or pass, shall be liable to the same punishment.
  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 suits or proceedings
  35. 35. Punishment for vexatious entry, search or seizure
  36. 36. Limitation of prosecution 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. Provided that, such drugs shall not be sold or delivered to any person who, under the provisions of this Act or under any rules or orders made thereunder, is not entitled to their possession.
  41. 41. Repeals and Savings
  42. 42. Saving of other laws

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