And if the effect of such adulteration or abstraction is to make the article
noxious as food or drink, then with imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three years or with fine or with both.
Note:- See section 305 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 2003.
Section 218 - “Sale of Food or Drink not Corresponding to Description”: Whoever
sells any article of food or drink which is not of the nature, substance and
quality demanded by the purchaser or of the article which the seller
represents it to be, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be
punished with fine not exceeding LS50.
Note – See section 305 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 2003.
Section 219 - “Sale of Adulterated Food or Drink”: Whoever sells or offers or
exposes for sale any article of food or drink, with which any admixture has
been fraudulently made to increase the bulk, weight or measure of such
article or to conceal the inferior quality thereof, or any article of food or
drink from which any part has been intentionally abstracted so as to affect
injuriously its quality, substance or nature, without notice to the purchaser,
commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine or with
both.
Section 220 - “Sale of Noxious Food or Drink”: Whoever sells or offers or exposes
for sale any article of food or drink which has been rendered or has
become noxious or is in a state unfit for food or drink, knowing or having
reason to believe that the same is noxious as or unfit for food or drink,
commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine or with
both.
Note – see section 305 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 2003.
Section 221 - “Adulteration of Drugs”: Whoever adulterates any drug or medical
preparation in such a manner as to lessen the efficacy or change the
operation of such drug or medical preparation or to make it noxious,
intending that it shall be sold or used for or knowing it to be likely that it
will be sold or used for any medical purpose as if it has not undergone
such adulteration, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be
punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or with
fine or with both.
Note – See section 305 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 2003.
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