3. Insertion of new section 34A in the principal enactment

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 34 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 34A of the principal enactment:—

34A. (1) A manufacturer or an importer of cigarettes and other tobacco products shall cause to be printed the health warnings referred to in section 34(1), covering an area of eighty per centum of the top surface area (principle display area) of both front and back sides of every packet, package or carton containing cigarettes and other tobacco products.

The health warnings referred to in the foregoing subsection, shall indicate in the prescribed manner, the health hazards and the harmful effects caused by the usage of cigarettes and other tobacco products.

The health warnings on the front and back sides of the packet, package or carton shall defer from each other.

Where a manufacturer manufactures more than one brand of cigarettes and other tobacco products, the manufacturer shall ensure that two different brands manufactured by such manufacturer shall not bear the same health warning, simultaneously.

The health warnings displayed on the packets, packages or cartons of cigarettes and other tobacco products shall be changed once in every six months, so that all types of prescribed health warnings under all prescribed categories of health warnings shall be covered.

The manufacturers and importers of cigarettes and other tobacco products shall use the compact disc containing the prescribed health warnings which shall be issued only by the Authority.”.