BNS Section 278 — Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation
Section 278 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
278. Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation.—Whoever knowingly sells, or offers or exposes for sale, or issues from a dispensary for medicinal purposes, any drug or medical preparation, as a different drug or medical preparation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both. ¶
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