# The Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules, Section 3: Definitions

- Act: The Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules (Act 23 of 1940)
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## Text

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- 7[(a) " 8[Ayurvedic, Siddha or Unani] drug" includes all medicines intended for internal or external use for or in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of "[disease or disorder in human beings or animals, and manufactured] exclusively in accordance with the formulae described in, the authoritative books of'[Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani Tibb systems of medicine], specified in the First Schedule;] 9[(aa) "the Board" means- - (i) in relation to 9[Ayurvedic, Siddha or Unani] drug, the 9[Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani Drugs Technical Advisory Board] constituted under section 33C; and (ii) in relation to any other drug or cosmetic, the Drugs Technical Advisory Board constituted under section 5;] 1. For Statement of Object and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1940, Pt. V, p. 34; for the Report of the Select Committee, see ibid., p. 143. The Act has been applied to all the partially excluded areas in the State of Orissa, see Orissa Government Notification No. 3358-LSG., dated the 25th August, 1941. 2. Ins. by Act 21 of 1962, s. 2 (w.e.f. 27-7-1964).

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