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HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 387
set forth, whatever may be the name under or by which the
same may be called or known.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if any provi-
sion of this Act, or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act,
and the application of such provision to other persons or
circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
Approved: May 17, 1935.
CHAPTER 173.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 192 of Article 43 of the Code of Public General Laws,
title "Health, " sub-title "Adulteration of Food and
Drink, " to further define the term "misbranding, " so as
to include false and misleading statements regarding the
curative or therapeutic effect of any drug.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 192 of Article 43 of the Code of
Public General Laws, title "Health, " sub-title "Adultera-
tion of Food and Drink, " be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
192. The term misbranded, as used herein, shall apply
to all drugs or articles of food or articles which enter into
the composition of food the package or label of which shall
bear any statement, design or device regarding such arti-
cle or the ingredients or substances contained therein,
which shall be false or misleading in any particular, and
to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as
to the State, Territory, place or country in which it is
manufactured or produced; that for the purpose of Sec-
tions 189 to 200, an article shall also be deemed to be
misbranded.
In the case of drugs:
First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under
the name of another article.
Second. If the contents of the package as originally put
up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other
contents shall have been placed in such package.
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