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THE DRUGS AND MEDICINES (INDEMNITY) ACT, 1957 
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
1.  Short title, extent and commencement 
2.  Definition 
3.  Indemnity 
 
 
 
 

 
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THE DRUGS AND MEDICINES (INDEMNITY) ACT, 1957 
 
ACT No. XVII OF 1957 
[27th April, 1957] 
 
An Act to Indemnify certain Government servants and other persons. 
 
 WHEREAS an order of the Central Government under section 3 of the Essential Supplies 
(Continuance of Temporary Powers) Ordinance, 1955 , to add to the Schedule to the Essential 
Commodities Distribution O rder, 1953, “drugs and medicines including th ose administered by 
injection”, having been notified over the signature of the Deputy Controller General of Prices and 
Supplies, had no legal validity ; 
 
 AND WHEREAS it is expedient to indemnify the Government servants and other persons in 
respect of acts done in pursuance or in virtue of the aforesaid order ; 
 
 It is hereby enacted as follows :___  
 
 1. Short title, extent and commencement. ___ (1) This Act may be called the Drugs and 
Medicines (Indemnity) Act, 1957. 
 
 (2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan. 
 
 (3) It shall come into force at once. 
 
 2. Definition. In this Act, “ the notified order ” means the Government of Pakistan, Ministry 
of Industries, Notification No. P.C. 19 (15) |55, dated the 14 th September, 1955, published in the 
Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, dated the 14th September, 1955. 
 
 3. Indemnity. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie in any court against any 
Government servant or any other person for or on account or in respect of anything done, action 
taken, notification or direction issued, price fixed, investigation or arrest made, property seized or 
confiscated, loss or injury suffered, legal proceeding instituted, or penalty or punishment imposed, 
enforced or continued, in pursuance or in virtue of the notified order. 
 
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RGN Date: 18-09-2024