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Pharmacy Act, 1948 · Chapter II: The Pharmacy Council of India

Section 16: Inspection

(1) The Executive Committee may appoint such number of Inspectors as it may deem requisite for purposes of this Chapter.

(2) An Inspector may—

(a) inspect any institution which provides an approved course of study;

(b) attend at any approved examination;

(c) inspect any institution whose authorities have applied for the approval of its course of study or examination under this Chapter, and attend at any examination of such institution.

(3) An Inspector attending at any examination under sub-section (2) shall not interfere with the conduct of the examination, but he shall report to Executive Committee on the sufficiency of every examination he attends and on any other matter in regard to which the Executive Committee may require him to report.

(4) The Executive Committee shall forward a copy of every such report to the authority or institution concerned, and shall also forward a copy together with any comments thereon which the said authority or institution may have made, to the Central Government and to the Government of the State in which the authority or institution is situated.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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