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The drugs specified in Schedule D shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter III of the Act and of the Rules made thereunder to the extent, and subject to the conditions specified in that Schedule. 1[43A. No drug shall be imported into India except through one of the following places, namely: __ Freozepore Cantonment and Amritsar Railway Stations: In respect of drugs imported by rail across the frontier with Pakistan. Ranaghat, Bongaon and Mohiassan Railways Stations: In respect of drugs imported by rail across the frontier with Bangladesh. 2[Raxaul: In respect of drugs imported by road and railway lines connecting Raxaul in India and Birganj in Nepal.] 3[Chennai, [Kolkata, Mumbai, Cochin, Nhava Sheva and Kandla]: In respect of drugs imported by sea into India. 4[Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Ahemdabad and Hyderabad: In respect of drugs imported by sea into India.] 5[43-B. Drugs, consignments of which are in transit through India to foreign countries and which shall not be sold or distributed in India shall be exempted from the requirements of Chapter III of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940) and the Rules made thereunder: Provided that if the Government of the countries to which the drugs are consigned regulate their import by the grant of import licences, the importer shall at the time of import into India, produce such import licences.] ____________________________________________________________________