The DRUGS AND COSMETICS ACT, 1940

MANUFACTURE. SALE AND DISTRIBUTSION OF DRUGS AND COSMETICS

Section 17C: Misbranded cosmetics.

For the purposes of this Chapter, a cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded,—

(a) if it contains a colour which is not prescribed; or

(b) if it is not labelled in the prescribed manner; or

(c) if the label or container or anything accompanying the cosmetic bears any state- ment which is false or misleading in any particular.