medicines and related substances control act 101 of 1965

21. Definitions(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates-'advertisement', in relation to any medicine or Scheduled substance, means any written, pictorial, visualor other descriptive matter or verbal statement or reference-(a) appearing in any newspaper, magazine, pamphlet or other publication; or(b) distributed to members of the public; or(c) brought to the notice of members of the public in any manner whatsoever,which is intended to promote the sale of that medicine or Scheduled substance; and 'advertise' has acorresponding meaning;'analyst' means an analyst to whom authority has been granted under section 27;'approved name', in relation to a medicine, means the international non proprietary name (INN) of suchmedicine or, where no such name exists, such other name as the council may determine, not being a brandname or trade name registered in terms of the Trade Marks Act, 1993 (Act 194 of 1993);'certificate of registration' means a certificate of registration issued under section 15 (4), 15A (4) or 15(B) (4);'council' means the Medicines Control Council established by section 2;'dentist' means a person registered as such under the Health Professions Act, 1974;'Director-General' means the Director-General: Health;'export' includes deliver or supply within the Republic for dispatch to any destination outside theRepublic;'hospital' means any institution established as a hospital or a nursing home or registered as such in termsof any law;'immediate container', in relation to a medicine or Scheduled substance, means a container which is indirect contact with the medicine or substance;'interchangeable multi-source medicine' means medicines that contain the same active substanceswhich are identical in strength or concentration, dosage form and route of administration and meet thesame or comparable standards, which comply with the requirements for therapeutic equivalence asprescribed;'inspector' means a person authorized as such under section 26;'label', when used as a verb, means brand, mark or otherwise designate or describe, and when used as anoun, means any brand or mark or any written, pictorial or other descriptive matter appearing on orattached to or packed with and referring to any article or the package containing any article;'magistrate' means a magistrate as defined in section 1 of the Magistrates Act. 1993 ( Act No.90 of1993), and includes an additional magistrate and an assistant magistrate;