Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
20.
Government Analysis
(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, appoint such persons as it thinks fit, having the prescribed
qualifications, to be Government Analysts for such areas in the State and in
respect of such drugs or 93[classes of drugs or such cosmetics or
classes of cosmetics] as may be specified in the notification.
(2) The Central Government may also, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint such persons as it thinks fit, having the prescribed
qualifications, to be Government Analysts in respect of such drugs or 93[classes
of drugs or such cosmetics or classes of cosmetics] as may be specified in the
notification.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or
sub-section (2), neither the Central Government nor a State Government shall
appoint as a Government Analyst any official not serving under it without the
previous consent of the Government under which he is serving.
94 [(4) No person who has any financial interest in the
import, manufacture or sale of drugs or cosmetics shall be appointed to be a
Government Analyst under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of this section.]