(1) This Act may be called as the “Drugs Act, 2035 (1978)”.
(2) This Act shall extend to the whole of Nepal.
(3) Section 1 of this Act shall come into force immediately, and other sections shall come into force in such area and on such date as Government of Nepal may, by notification in the Nepal Gazette, appoint from time to time.
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? Notifications on the commencement of the Act:
(a) Sections 3 and 4 of this Act have been appointed to commence forthwith to the whole of Nepal (the
Nepal Gazette dated 2037.3.5 (18 June 1980).
(b) Sections 2, 25, Sub-section (1) of section 34, sections 38 and 39 of this Act have been appointed to
commence forthwith to the whole of the Nepal (the Nepal Gazette dated 2040.3.13 (27 June 1983).
(c) Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 37 of this Act have been appointed to commence to the whole of the
Nepal on 2040.12.6 (19 March 1984) (the Nepal Gazette dated 2040.12.6 (19 March 1984).
(d) Sections 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 33 and Sub-sections (2) and (3) of Section 34 of this Act have
been appointed to commence to the whole of the Nepal on 2043.4.1 (16 July 1986) (the Nepal
Gazette dated 2043.2.12 (26 May 1986).
(e) Sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 32, 35 and 36 o f this Act have been appointed to
commence to the whole of the Kingdom of Nepal on 2046.5.26 (11 September 1989) (the Nepal
Gazette dated 2046.5.26 (11 September 1989).
(f) Section 26 of this Act has been appointed to commence on 2049.8.1 (16 November 1992) (the
Nepal Gazette dated 2049.8.1(16 November 1992).