Medicines Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Sales and Other Dealings of Medicinal Products
33. Counterfeit medicines
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Any person concerned in the manufacture, supply, donation, distribution, trafficking, brokering, exportation, importation or possession of counterfeit medicines is guilty of an offence.
In this section, “counterfeit medicine” means a medicine that is deliberately and fraudulently mislabelled with respect to its identity, source or both, whether it is a branded product or a generic product; and may include products with correct ingredients or with incorrect ingredients, without active ingredients, with insufficient active ingredients or with false packaging.
medicine
“medicine” means any substance or combination of substances presented for treating or preventing disease in human beings or animals. Any substance or combination of substances which may be administered to human beings or animals with a view to making a medical diagnosis or to restoring, correcting or modifying physiological functions in human beings or in animals is likewise considered a “medicine”;
Terms defined in s 2
medicine
Defined · s 2“medicine” means any substance or combination of substances presented for treating or preventing disease in human beings or animals. Any substance or combination of substances which may be administered to human beings or animals with a view to making a medical diagnosis or to restoring, correcting or modifying physiological functions in human beings or in animals is likewise considered a “medicine”;
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Pharmacies
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Containers, Packages and Identification of Medicinal Products
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Promotion of Sales of Medicinal Products and Medical Advertisements
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