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Medicines Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions
Medicines Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions
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The Minister may by order published in the Gazette specify any description or class of articles or substances appearing to him to be articles or substances which are not medicinal products but which are manufactured, sold, supplied, imported or exported for use wholly or partly for a medicinal purpose or as a cosmetic product, and may by that order direct that, subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the order, such provisions of this Act as may be so specified (including any provisions so specified which relate to offences or penalties) shall have effect in relation to articles or substances of that description or class as those provisions have effect in relation to medicinal products.
cosmetic product
“cosmetic product” means any substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance and correcting body odours, protecting them or keeping them in good condition or all or any of those purposes;