Cigarettes (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act,1975
Act No : 49
Section : DEFINITIONS
SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "advertisement" includes any notice, circular and other document and also includes any visible representation made by means of any light, sound, smoke or gas:
(b) "cigarette" includes,-
(i) any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any other substance not containing tobacco,
(ii) any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco, which, by reason of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labelling is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as cigarette, but does not include beedi, cheroot and cigar;
(c) "distribution" includes distribution by way of samples, whether free or otherwise;
(d) "export," with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means taking out of India to a place outside India;
(e) "foreign language" means a language which is neither an Indian language nor the English language;
(f) "import" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means bringing into India from a place outside India;
(g) "Indian language" means a language specified in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution, and includes any dialect of such language;
(h) "label" means any written, marked, stamped, printed or graphic matter, affixed to, or appearing upon, any package;
(i) "package" includes a box, carton, tin or other container;
(j) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(k) "production", with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions; includes-
(i) packing, labelling, re-labelling, of containers,
(ii) re-packing from bulk packages to retail packages, and
(iii) the adoption of any other method to render the product marketable;
(l) "sale," with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means any transfer of property in goods by one person to another whether for cash or on credit, or by way of exchange, and whether wholesale or retail, and includes an agreement for sale, an offer for sale and exposure for sale;
(m) "specified warning' means the following warning, namely, "Cigarette smoking is injurious to health."
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