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The Bill therefore seeks to remedy these defects by

making the prohibition against advertising depend not on what the

advertisement represents, but on whether it is likely to lead

persons reading the advertisement to use the medicine, surgical

appliance or treatment advertised for the cure of any of the

prescribed diseases.

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It also provides that unless the contrary is proved, a

person who is held out in an advertisement as being a

manufacturer or supplier of medicine or surgical appliances, or

as being able to provide treatment, is presumed to have caused.

the advertisement to be published. Where an advertisement

indicates some means of contacting a person who provides

treatment, for example, an address or a telephone number, that

person is presumed to have caused the advertisement to be

published. The legal profession has been consulted on these

2 arrangements and they see no objection to them.

بھر

The Bill adds two new Schedules to the Ordinance to

replace the existing one. These will update the list of

prescribed diseases and list them in a more comprehensive and

rational manner.

بو

After the passage of the Bill and the obstacles to

prosecutions removed, the Administration intends to adopt a more

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