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IPC Section 276 - Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation
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IPC Section 276 deals with sale of drug as a different drug or preparation.
Full official legal text
276. 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 one thousand rupees, or with
both.
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