Section 30. Power to add any tobacco products in the Schedule
The Central Government, after giving by notification in the Official Gazette, not less than three months' notice of its intention so to do, may, by like notification, add any other tobacco product in respect of which it is of opinion that advertisements are to be prohibited and its production, supply and distribution is required to be regulated under this Act, and thereupon the Schedule shall in its application to such products be deemed to be amended accordingly.
Judgements applying section 30
M/S Shivam Betelnut Private Limited Vs Commissioner (Food Safety), Department of NCT of Delhi & Ors.
Writ Petition (Civil)The Delhi High Court quashed notifications prohibiting the sale of chewing tobacco issued by the Commissioner of Food Safety, holding that tobacco is not 'food' under the FSSA, that COTPA occupies the field, and that the Commissioner exceeded his powers by imposing a permanent ban and discriminating between types of…
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