Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsFor the purposes of this Act any drug or article is deemed to be falsely described—
(a) if it is in a package, and—
(i) the contents of the package as originally put up have been removed in whole or in part, and other contents have been placed in such package; or
(ii) it fails to bear on the package, or on a label on or attached thereto, a statement of the quantity or proportion of any controlled drug, restricted drug or poison, or any other substance prescribed to be so stated, or any derivative or preparation of any such substances contained therein; or
(iii) the contents are stated in terms of weight or measure on the outside of the package, or on a label on or attached thereto, and they are not plainly or correctly stated; or
(iv) the package or any label on or attached thereto bears a statement, word, brand, mark, design, or device regarding the nature, quality, strength, purity, composition, origin, age, or proportion of the drug or article, or the ingredients, constituents, or substance contained in the drug or article which is false or misleading in any particular;
(b) in the case of imported goods—if it has not applied thereto the trade or other description as required for its importation under the laws in force for the time being of the Commonwealth of Australia, or if it has applied thereto a false trade or other description within the meaning of the aforesaid laws regarding the importation of goods;
(c) if it is an imitation of or is offered for sale under the distinctive name of another drug or article;
(d) if it is labelled or marked so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purports to be an imported product when not so;
(e) if it is labelled as or any advertisement of or concerning it states that it is a herbal medicine, and it contains any drug or substance other than a drug or substance of vegetable origin;
(f) if any advertisement of or concerning it contains any written, spoken, or pictorial matter calculated or likely to deceive or mislead the purchaser;
(g) if it is sold under a name which conveys or is likely to convey a false indication of origin, character, or place of manufacture, or to lead the purchaser to suppose that it is any drug or article or product thereof.