Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
17D. Spurious cosmetics
For the purposes of this Chapter, a cosmetic shall be deemed to
be spurious,-
(a) if it is manufactured under a name which belongs to another
cosmetic; or
(b) if it is an imitation of, or a substitute for, another
cosmetic or resembles another cosmetic in a manner likely to deceive or bears
upon it or upon its label or container the name of another cosmetic unless it
is plainly and conspicuously marked so as to reveal its true character and its
lack of identity with such other cosmetic; or
(c) if the label or container bears the name of an individual or
a company purporting to be the manufacturer of the cosmetic which individual or
company is fictitious or does not exist; or
(d) if it purports to be the product of a manufacturer of whom
it is not truly a product.]