law: Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
  1. Short title, extent and commencement
  (1) This Act may be called the Drugs 4[and Cosmetics]
  
  Act, 1940.
  (2) It extends to the whole of India 5[***]
  (3) It shall come in to force at once; but Chapter III shall
  
  take effect only from such 6date as the Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, and Chapter IV
  
  shall take effect in a particular State only from such 6date as the
  
  State Government may, by like notification, appoint in this behalf.
   7  [Provided that in relation to the State of Jammu
  
  and Kashmir, Chapter III shall take effect only from such 8date
  
  after the commencement of the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Act, 1972, as the
  
  Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in
  
  this behalf.]