# The Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules, Section 94: Exemption of certain drugs from certain provisions of this Part

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

(1) Labels on packages or containers of drugs for export shall be adapted to meet the specific requirements of the law of the country to which the drug is to be exported but the following particulars shall appear in a conspicuous position on the innermost container in which the drug is packed and every other covering in which that container is packed: (a) name of the drug; Int (b) the name, address of the manufacturer and the number of the licence under which the drug has been manufactured; (c) batch or lot number; (d) date of expiry, if any: 2[Provided that where a drug, not classified under Schedule F, Schedule F(1) and Schedule X, blood products, Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances is required by the consignee to be not labelled with the name and address of the manufacturer, the labels on packages or containers shall bear a code number as approved by the Licensing Authority mentioned in Rule 21.] 3[(2) The provisions of Rules 96 to 101 inclusive, shall not apply to a medicine made up ready for treatment, whether after or without dilution, which is supplied on the prescription of a registered practitioner provided that: (i) the medicine is labelled with the following particulars : - (a) the name and address of the supplier; (b) the name of the patient and the quantity of the medicine; (c) the number representing serial number of the entry in the prescription register; 1. Amended by F.1-10/68-D, dt. 17-6-1969. 2. Ins. by G.S.R. 676 (E), dt. 2-6-1988. 3. Amended by F.1-19/59-D, dt. 13-6-1961. (d) the dose, if the medicine is for internal use; 1[(e) the words "FOR EXTERNEL USE ONLY" shall be printed on the label if the medicine is for external application]. (ii) Condition (3) of the conditions in Rule 65 is satisfied.]

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