cotpa act 2003

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 33 : Repeal and savings : (1) The Cigarettes (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1975 (49 of 1975), is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the provisions of…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 32 : Act not to apply to cigarettes or other tobacco products which are exported : Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to any cigarette or other tobacco products or package of cigarettes or other tobacco…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 31 : Power of the Central Government to make rules : (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 30 : Power to add any tobacco products in the Schedule : The Central Government, after giving by notification in the Official Gazette, not less than three months notice of its intention so to do, may, by…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 29 : Protection of action taken in good faith : No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or any State Government or any officer of the Central Government or any State…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 28 : Composition of offences : (1) Any offence committed under section 4 or section 6 may either before or after the institution of the prosecution be compounded by such officer authorised by Central Government or State…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 27 : Offences to be bailable : Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) an offence punishable under this Act shall be bailable. -------- State Amendment : Gujarat Insertion of new…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 26 : Offences by companies : (1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, every person, who, at the time the offence was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to,…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 25 : Prevention, detention and place of trial of offences under sections 4 and 6 : (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Central Government or the State Government…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 22 : Punishment for advertisement of cigarettes and tobacco products : Whoever contravenes the provision of section 5 shall, on conviction, be punishable (a) in the case of first conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 21 : Punishment for smoking in certain places : (1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 4 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees. (2) An offence under this section shall be…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 20 : Punishment for failure to give specified warning and nicotine and tar contents : (1) Any person who produces or manufactures cigarettes or tobacco products, which do not contain, either on the package or on their…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 19 : Appeal : (1) Any person, aggrieved by any decision of the Court adjudging a confiscation, ordering the payment of costs, may prefer an appeal to the Court to which an appeal lies from the decision…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 18 : Giving opportunity to the owner of seized packages : (1) No order adjudging confiscation or directing payment of costs shall be made unless the owner or person in possession of the package of cigarettes or…

Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 Section 17 : Adjudication : Any confiscation of cigarettes or any other tobacco products may be adjudged or costs may be ordered to be paid: (a) without any limit, by the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction within…