Trust Property Control Act, 1988
R 385
Tobacco Products Control Act, 1993 (Act No. 83 of 1993)Regulations relating to the Labelling, Advertising and Sale of Tobacco Products3. Print and appearance of warnings and information |
| (1) | The warning and information to be reflected on a package or contained in an advertisement in terms of regulation 2 shall be— |
| (a) | in the same language as the main language used on the package or in the advertisement (but in one of the official languages of South Africa); |
| (b) | in Helvetica type; |
| (c) | in black, red or blue print on a white background on one halt of the packages or advertisements and in white print on a black, red or blue background for the remaining packages or advertisements for each brand; |
| (d) | in upper-case lettering for the warning contemplated in regulation 2(1)(a); |
| (e) | in upper-case lettering for the information contemplated in regulation 2(1)(c); |
| (f) | in upper-case lettering for the first letter of a sentence and in lower-case lettering for the remainder of the sentence of the warning contemplate in regulation 2(1)(b); |
| (g) | centered within the area in which it is displayed, and the text of the message shall occupy not less than 60% and not more than 70% of the area in which it is displayed; and |
| (h) | surrounded by a border that— |
| (i) | is the same colour as the print used for the text of the message; and |
| (ii) | outlines the area in which the message is displayed without encroaching on that area; |
| (i) | alternated in such a way so as to expose each warning on an equal quantity of advertisements for each brand or unit of packages, with a tolerance of 10% during each period of 12 months from the commencement of these regulations. |
| (2) | The area to be occupied by the warning and information shall not contain any matter other than that required by these regulations. |
