**Summary of Gazette Notification S.O. 3276(E)**
**Issuing Authority:** Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
**Publication Date:** June 22, 2026
**Location:** New Delhi
**Notification Number:** S.O. 3276(E) / No. 3149
**File Reference:** F. No. Z-28020/19/2023-AHS
**Overview**
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued a notification under the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 (8 of 2026). The purpose of this notification is to officially appoint the date of publication in the official gazette—June 22, 2026—as the effective date for specific provisions of the aforementioned Act.
**Key Provisions and Scope**
* **Target Act:** The notification specifically activates provisions relating to the Pharmacy Act, 1948 (8 of 1948).
* **Specific Entries:** The enforcement applies to the provisions corresponding to serial number 9 and its associated entries in the Schedule of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026.
* **Effective Date:** The amendments concerning the Pharmacy Act, 1948, come into force as of June 22, 2026.
**Administrative Information**
* **Signatory:** A. Muthukumar, Joint Secretary to the Government of India.
* **Registration Details:** REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 and CG-DL-E-22062026-273713.
* **Publication:** The document was uploaded by the Directorate of Printing at the Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064, and published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
Key Entities Referenced
Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026: The primary legislation whose specific provisions, as detailed in its Schedule, are being brought into force by this notification.
Pharmacy Act, 1948: The specific act impacted by the provisions (Serial No. 9) of the Jan Vishwas Act activated through this notice.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The central ministry responsible for notifying the commencement date of legislative changes affecting pharmacy regulations.
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 3149] नई दिल्ली, सोमवार, िनू 22, 2026/आषाढ 1, 1948
No. 3149] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2026/ASHADHA 1, 1948
स्ट्वास्ट््य एव ंपररवार कल्याण मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 22 िून, 2026
का.आ. 3276(अ).— केंद्रीय सरकार, िन जवश्वास (उपबंधों का संिोधन) अजधजनयम, 2026 (2026 का 8) की
धारा 1 की उपधारा (2) द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, रािपत्र में इस अजधसूचना के प्रकािन की तारीख़ को
उस तारीख़ के रूप म ें जनयत करती है, जिसको उि अजधजनयम के उपबंध, िहां तक उनका संबंध क्रम सं. 9 और उि
अजधजनयम की अनुसूची म ें उससे संबंध प्रजवजियों से ह,ै िो भषे िी अजधजनयम, 1948 (1948 का 8) से संबजधधत ह,ैं प्रवत्तृ
होंगे ।
[फा. सं. िडे -28020/19/2023-एएचएस]
ए. मथु ुकुमार, संयुि सजचव
4545 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd June, 2026
S.O. 3276(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Jan
Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 (8 of 2026), the Central Government hereby appoints the date of
publication of this notification in the official gazette as the date on which the provisions of the said Act, in so far as
they relate to serial number 9 and the entries relating thereto in the Schedule to the said Act, relating to the Pharmacy
Act, 1948 (8 of 1948), shall come into force.
[F. No. Z-28020/19/2023-AHS]
A. MUTHUKUMAR, Jt. Secy.
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