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Pharmacy (Amendment) Bill, 2023

August 18 , 2023 339 days 389 0
  • The Bill amends the Pharmacy Act, 1948 which regulates the practice and profession of pharmacy.
  • Registration under the Pharmacy Act, 1948 is mandatory to practice pharmacy in India.
  • The Bill looks at the insertion of new section 32C, which provides a special provision relating to persons registered or qualified under the Jammu and Kashmir Pharmacy Act, 2011.
  • Anyone who is registered as a pharmacist under the Jammu and Kashmir Pharmacy Act, 2011 or possesses qualifications prescribed under the 2011 Act will be deemed to be registered as a pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act, 1948.
  • The Bill seeks to repeal 65 laws that are obsolete or that have been made redundant by other laws. 
  • It also corrects a minor drafting error in the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011
  • The First Schedule of the Bill lists 24 laws that would be repealed. 
  • Of these, 16 are amending Acts, and two are from before 1947.
  • The Second Schedule of the Bill lists 41 Appropriation Acts that would be repealed. 
  • These include 18 Appropriation Acts for the Railways.

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