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Drugs Act, 1976 (Act No. XXXI of 1976).

Country/Territory
Pakistan
Document type
Legislation
Date
1976
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An 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