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Part IV · General

96. Regulation of manufacture, importation, sale and distribution of borderline products

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

No person shall import, distribute, re-pack or sell any borderline product which—

(a)

is not manufactured, prepared, preserved, packaged or stored under good manufacturing practices and good storage practices;

(b)

consists in whole or in part of any contaminant material, foreign body or decomposed substance or any foreign matter; or

(c)

has in or upon it any substance that may cause injury to the health of the user when the borderline product is used—

(i)

according to the directions on the label accompanying the borderline product; or

(ii)

for such purposes and by such methods of use as are customary or usual in the use of that borderline product.

(2)

No person shall label, package, treat, process, transport, distribute, sell, exhibit or advertise any borderline product in a manner that is false, misleading, deceptive or likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its efficacy, safety, quality or composition.

(3)

No person shall manufacture any borderline product unless Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good

Storage Practices (GSP) are complied with.

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