Cigarettes (Regulations of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1975
2.Definitions.-
In this Act, unless
the context otherwise requires,-
(a) " advertisement " includes any notice, circular and other
document and also includes any visible representation made by means of any
light, sound, smoke or gas;
(b) " cigarette " includes,-
(i ) any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any other
substance not containing tobacco,
(ii)
any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco, which, by
reason of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its
packing and labelling is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as
cigarette, but does not include beedi , cheroot and
cigar;
(c)
"distribution" includes distribution by way of sample. Whether free
or otherwise;
(d) " export ", with its grammatical variations and cognate
expressions, means taking out of India to a place outside India ;
(e) " foreign Language means a language which is neither an Indian
language nor the English language;
(f) " import ", with is grammatical variations and cognate
expressions, means bringing into India from a place outside India ;
(g) "Indian
language" means a language specified in the English Schedule to the
Constitution, and includes any dialect of such language;
(h) "label"
means any written, marked, stamped, printed or graphic matter, affixed to, or appearing
upon, any package;
( i )
"package" include a box, carton, tin, or other container;
(j)
"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(k)
"production", with its grammatical variations and cognate
expressions, includes-
(i ) packing, labelling, re-labelling, of containers,
(ii)
re-packing from bulk packages to retail packages and
(iii)
the adoption of any other method to render the product marketable;
(l) "sale",
with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means any transfer of
property in goods by one person to another, whether for cash or on credit or by
way of exchange and whether wholesale or retail and includes an agreement for
sale, an offer for sale and exposure for sale;
(m) "specified
warning", means the following warning namely, "Cigarette smoking is
injurious to health".