Cigarettes and Other Toabcco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules, 2011

Che Gazette of findia EXTRAORDINARY NT‘T 11—73"? 3—3‘1—4!“: (i) 3’ PART 114mm Hub-section (i) . PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 415] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011/SRAVANA 4, 1933 mafirnfinmm W , Hififihfimizou- (2) filfififitflmfimsfi: (2) Wmfiwwfimwwgflwmfiafifiwwfifiwmfi mfimwfifimmfikfimmmfimmmmafiqfifi fiqumamemfiwmawmmmammw we? 1" [In H‘ 03—16017/05/2010#1143] mm mafia 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIAzEXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] MINISTRY OF HEALTHAND FAMILY WELFARE (Department or Health and Family Welfare) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 26th JI; 2011 Section 10 and Section 31 ofthe Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition ofAdvertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (34 of2003), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008, namely :— l. (1) These Rules may be called the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling), (2) They shall come into force on the lst day ofDecember, 2011. l 2. In the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008, following shall be substituted, namely :— (A) in the Schedule, for paragraph 1, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely :—~ “1. Components of specified health warning—The components for the specified health warning shall include :——— (1) Health Warning .—The warning“Smoking Kills” (on smoking forms oftobacco products) and “Tobacco Kills” (on smokeless or chewing and other forms of tobacco products), shall appear in white font colour on a black background, exactly as in the sofi copy provided in the Compact Disk (CD) accompanying these rules. (2) Pictorial representation of ill effects of tobacco use.—~Pictorial depiction of the ill effects of tobacco use on health, shall be placed above the health waming and should appear in the same colour exactly as in the sofl copy provided in the CD accompanying these rules.” (B) in the Schedule, for paragraph 4, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely :— “4. Language.—— Each health warning has been specified in English and regional languages. Appropriate language combination should be selected from the combination provided in the CD to ensure that the language selected for health warning is in conformity with the language used on the pack by the manufacturer. Where more than one language is used on the pack, the health warning shall be given separately in each of the language. Provided that not more than two languages shall be used on the r pack.” Note :-—The Principalrules were published 'vide No. G.S.R. 182(E), dated 15th March, 2008 and subsequently amended vide No. G.S.R.:693;(%E),dated29-9-2008 and vide No. 5.0. 2814 (E), dated 28-1 1—2008 and vigle No. G.S.R. 305(E), dated 3—5’—2009 2and'ew'de No. GS.R. ’176(E), dated 5-3-2010 and vide No. G.S.R. 411(E), dated 17-5-2010 and vide No. G.S.R."98'5'(E),=dated 20th December, 2010 and vide No. GSR. 417(E) dated 27th May, 201 1. l’l’rimdtfiébyzflIe-Manager, Govemmetttaof India Press, Ring Road, Mayaputi, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-1 l0054.