law: Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
  17. 
  
  Misbranded drugs
  For the 
  
  purposes of this Chapter, a drug shall be deemed to be misbranded,-
  (a) if it is 
  
  so colored, coated, powdered or polished that damage is concealed or if it is 
  
  made to appear of better or greater therapeutic value than it really is; or
  (b) if it is 
  
  not labeled in the prescribed manner; or
  (c) if its 
  
  label or container or anything accompanying the drug bears any statement, design 
  
  or device which makes any false claim for the drug or which is false or 
  
  misleading in any particular.