T.S.Thakur, J.

1. The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 was enacted by the Parliament in view of an increasing number of objectionable advertisements being published in newspapers, magazines or otherwise relating to alleged cure for venereal diseases, sexual stimulants and alleged cure for diseases and conditions peculiar to women. The Statement of Objects and Reasons of the said legislation justified the need for enacting a law on the subject because of the tendency among the ignorant and the unwary sections of society to resort to self-medication with harmful drugs or appliances or resort to quacks who indulge in treatments which cause great harm. By enacting the law, the Parliament intended to stop such undesirable advertisements in public interest and to deal with the menace by making a uniform law for the entire country. The legislation is apparently referable to Entry No. 19 in the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution in so far as the same deals with undesirable advertisements relating to drugs and Entry No. 26 of List ___ in so far as the same deals with advertisements relating to magic remedies by persons who pr