Drugs Act, 1976 (Act No. XXXI of 1976). Country/Territory Pakistan Document type Legislation Date 1976 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to regulate the import, export, manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of drugs. Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Residues Pesticides Public health Internal trade Packaging/labelling Animal health Drugs Transport/storage Inspection Authorization/permit Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Entry into force notes This Act enters into force immediately. Abstract This Act, consisting of 45 sections divided into five Chapters, provides for the requirements to produce, use and trade in drug substances or mixture of substances that is manufactured, sold, stored, offered for sale or represented for internal or external use in the treatment, mitigation, prevention or diagnosis of disease, an abnormal physical state, or the symptoms thereof in human beings or animals, or the restoration, correction, or modification of organic functions in human beings or animals. These substances are intended to be used for the destruction or repulsion of such vermin, insects, rodents and other organisms as cause, carry or transmit disease in human beings or animals or for disinfection in residential areas or in premises in which food is manufactured, prepared or kept or stored, or even pesticides which may cause health hazard to the public. Full text English Website www.dra.gov.pk References - Legislation Implemented by Drugs (Licensing, Registering and Advertising) Rules, 1976. Legislation | Pakistan | 1976 (2017) Keyword: Drugs, Packaging/labelling, Registration, Authorization/permit, Animal health, Transport/storage, Inspection, Internal trade, International trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX Drugs (Labeling and Packing) Rules, 1986. Legislation | Pakistan | 1986 Keyword: Packaging/labelling, Animal health, Drugs, Transport/storage, Inspection, Internal trade, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX Drugs (Imports & Exports) Rules, 1976. Legislation | Pakistan | 1976 Keyword: Drugs, Animal health, Research, Internal trade, International trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX Northern Areas Drugs Rules, 1996. Legislation | Pakistan | 1996 Keyword: Institution, Inspection, Authorization/permit, Drugs, Animal health, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Public health Source: FAO, FAOLEX Drugs (Research) Rules, 1978. Legislation | Pakistan | 1978 Keyword: Drugs, Animal health, Research, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Special fund Source: FAO, FAOLEX Drugs (Federal Inspectors, Federal Drug Laboratory & Federal Government Analysts) Rules, 1976. Legislation | Pakistan | 1976 Keyword: Inspection, Drugs, Animal health, Research, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX Drugs (Appellate Board) Rules, 1976. Legislation | Pakistan | 1976 Keyword: Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Drugs, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX Drugs (Specifications) Rules, 1978. Legislation | Pakistan | 1978 Keyword: Drugs, Animal health, Classification/declassification Source: FAO, FAOLEX