law: Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
  3. Definitions
  In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject
  
  or context,-
   9  [(a) "10[Ayurvedic, Siddha or Unani]
  
  drug" includes all medicines intended for internal or external use for or
  
  in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of 11[disease
  
  or disorder in human beings or animals, and manufactured] exclusively in
  
  accordance with the formulae described in, the authoritative books of 11[Ayurvedic,
  
  Siddha and Unani Tibb system of medicine], specified in the First Schedule,]
   12  [(aa) "the Board" means-
  (i) in relation to 10[Ayurvedic,
  
  Siddha or Unani] drug, the 11[Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani Drugs
  
  Technical Advisory Board] constituted under section 33C; and
  (ii) in relation to any other drug or
  
  cosmetic, the Drugs Technical Advisory Board constituted under section 5;]
   13  [14[(aaa)] "cosmetic" means any
  
  article intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled or sprayed on, or introduced
  
  into, or otherwise applied to, the human body or any part thereof for
  
  cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance,
  
  and includes any article intended for use as a component of cosmetic 15[***];]
   16  [(b) "drug" includes-
   17  [(i) all. medicines for internal or
  
  external use of human beings or animals and all substances intended to be used
  
  for or in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of any disease or
  
  disorder in human beings or animals, including preparations applied on human
  
  body for the purpose of repelling insects like mosquitoes ;]
  (ii) such substances (other than food) intend
  
  to affect the structure or any function of the human body or intended to be
  
  used for the destruction of 18'[vermin] or insects which cause disease in human
  
  beings or animals, as may be specified from time to time by the Central
  
  Government by notification in the Official Gazette;]
   19  [(iii) all substances intended for use
  
  as components of a drug including empty gelatine capsules; and
  (iv) such devices intended for internal or
  
  external use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease
  
  or disorder in human beings or animals, as may be specified from time to time
  
  by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette, after
  
  consultation with the Board;]
   20  [(c) "Government Analyst" means-
  (i) in relation to 10[Ayurvedic,
  
  Siddha or Unani] drug, a Government Analyst appointed by the Central Government
  
  or a State Government under section 33F; and
  (ii) in relation to any other drug or
  
  cosmetic, a Government Analyst appointed by the Central Government or a State
  
  Government under section 20;]
   21[***] 
   22  [(e) "Inspector" means-
  (i) in relation to 10[Ayurvedic,
  
  Siddha or Unani] drug, an Inspector appointed by the Central Government or a
  
  State Government under section 33G; and
  (ii) in relation to any other drug or
  
  cosmetic, an Inspector appointed by the Central Government or a State
  
  Government under section 21;]
   23  [24 (f) manufacture" in
  
  relation to any drug 13[or cosmetic] includes any process or part of
  
  a process for making, altering, ornamenting, finishing, packing, labeling,
  
  breaking up or otherwise treating or adopting any drug 13[or
  
  cosmetic] with a view to its 25[sale or distribution] but does not
  
  include the compounding or dispensing 26[of any drug, or the packing
  
  of any drug or cosmetic,] in the ordinary course of retail business; and
  
  "to manufacture" shall be construed accordingly;]
   27  [(g)] "to import", with its grammatical
  
  variations and cognate expressions means to bring into 28[India];
   29  [(h) "patent or proprietary medicine" means,-
  (i) in relation to Ayurvedic, Siddha or Unani
  
  Tibb systems of medicine all formulations containing only such ingredients
  
  mentioned in the formulae described in the authoritative books of Ayurveda,
  
  Siddha of Unani Tibb systems of medicine specified in the First Schedule, but
  
  does not include a medicine which is administered by parenteral route and also
  
  a formulation included in the authoritative books as specified in clause (a);
  (ii) in relation to any other systems of
  
  medicine, a drug which is a remedy or prescription presented in a form ready
  
  for internal or external administration of human beings or animals and which is
  
  not included in the edition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia for the time being or
  
  any other Pharmacopoeia authorized in the behalf by the Central Government
  
  after consultation with the Drugs Technical Advisory Board constituted under
  
  section 5;]
   30  [27[(i)] "prescribed" means
  
  prescribed by rules made under this Act.]