The Bihar Drug Advertisements Control Act, 1948

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    "title": "The Bihar Drug Advertisements Control Act, 1948",
    "short_title": "The Bihar Drug Advertisements Control Act, 1948",
    "act_number": "Bihar Act 13 of 1948",
    "act_year": 1948,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "description": "The Bihar Drug Advertisements Control Act, 1948",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) an advertisement or notice shall be deemed to be \"exhibited in a public place\" if it is exhibited in a public place where it can be seen by members of the public;\n(b) \"drug\" includes any substance used as medicine whether for internal or external use;\n(c) \"licensing authority\" means such authority as the [State] Government may, by notification, appoint in this behalf;\n(d) \"medical practitioner\" means a medical practitioner registered under any law for the time being in force and includes a person practising Homoeopathy or the Unani or Ayurvedic system of medicine who is licensed under Section 6 to be a medical practitioner for the purposes of this Act; and\n(e) \"venereal disease\" includes syphlis, gonorrhoea, soft chancre, venereal granuloma and lympho granuloma.",
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            "title": "3. Prohibition of certain advertisements.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Advertising any premises or place for the treatment of venereal disease.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Power to seize newspaper, etc., containing advertisement in contravention of the provisions of this Act.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Grant of licences to certain medical practitioners.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Penalty.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Cognizance of offences.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Protection of public servants.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Power to make rules.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
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        "Act Number": "Bihar Act 13 of 1948",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1948",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar Drug Advertisements Control Act, 1948",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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