Section 5: Regulation of manufacture of drugs.⎯ (1) The grant of licences to manufacture drugs

5. Regulation of manufacture of drugs.⎯ (1) The grant of licences to manufacture drugs shall be regulated in accordance with such conditions and procedure as may be prescribed, by a Central Licensing Board to be set up by the Federal Government and consisting of such representatives of the Federal Government and the Provincial Governments as may be prescribed. (2) The members of the Central Licensing Board shall exercise such powers, including the powers of an Inspector, as may be prescribed. (3) The Central Licensing Board shall 1[, with the approval of the Federal Government and by notification in the official Gazette,] make regulations to regulate the conduct of its business. (4) Any member of the Central Licensing Board may, at any time, by writing under his hand addressed to the Federal Government, resign his office or shall vacate his office if the Federal Government, being of opinion that in the public interest it is necessary so to do, so directs. (5) Subject to subsection (4), a member of the Central Licensing Board shall hold office for the prescribed period.

Effective date: 1976-01-01

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