RAJYA SABHA
Under the provisions
of Drugs & Cosmetics Act and Rules thereunder, Section 27
of the said Act prescribes penalty for manufacture, sale etc.
of drugs. Any drug deemed to be adulterated under Section 17A
or spurious under Section 17B or which when used by any person
or in the diagnosis treatment, mitigation or prevention of any
disease or disorder is likely to cause his death or is likely
to cause such harm on his body as would amount to grievous hurt
within the meaning of Section 320 of IPC solely on account of
such drug being adulterated as spurious or not of standard quality,
as the case may be, shall be punishable with the imprisonment
for a term which shall not be less than 5 years but which may
extend to a term of life and with fine which shall not be less
than Rs. 10,000. Since adequate punitive penal provisions are
laid in the said Act to tackle the problem of manufacture and
sale of spurious drugs, Government does not propose to bring any
new legislation in this regard.
This information
was given by the Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Shri
Shatrughan Sinha in a written reply to a question from Shri Sudarshan
Akarapu and Shri Kripal Parmar in the Rajya Sabha today.
