Central Act
Section 26. Purchaser of drug or cosmetic enabled to obtain test or analysis.
The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
26. Purchaser of drug or cosmetic enabled to obtain test or analysis. Any person 2[or any recognised consumer association, whether such person is a member of that association or not,] shall, on application in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, be entitled to submit for test or analysis to a Government Analyst any drug 1[or cosmetic] 3[purchased by him or it] and to receive a report of such test or analysis signed by the Government Analyst. 4 [Explanation.--For the purposes of this section and section 32, "recognised consumer association means a voluntary consumer association registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or any other law for the time being in force.]