This section covers sale of drug as a different drug or preparation in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation. Whoever knowingly sells, or offers or exposes for sale, or issues from a dispensary for medicinal purposes, any drug or medical preparation, as a different drug or medical preparation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
What was the old IPC code for Section 278 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, sale of drug as a different drug or preparation was covered in S. 276*.