Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 · Chapter IV: Manufacture, Sale and Distribution of Drugs and Cosmetics
Section 26: Purchaser of drug or cosmetic enabled to obtain test or analysis
Any person [or any recognised consumer association, whether such person is a member of that association or not,] shall, on application in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, be entitled to submit for test or analysis to a Government Analyst any drug [or cosmetic] [purchased by him or it] and to receive a report of such test or analysis signed by the Government Analyst.
[Explanation.—For the purposes of this section and section 32, "recognised consumer association means a voluntary consumer association registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or any other law for the time being in force.]
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