Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992
Bare Act · 1992
An Act to provide for the regulation of production, supply and distribution of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant foods with a view to the protection and promotion of breast-feeding and ensuring the proper use of infant foods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 41 of 1992
- Enacted
- 29 December 1992
- Contents
- 26 sections
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Contents
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Certain prohibitions in relation to infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant foods
- Section 4 – Prohibition of incentives for the use or sale of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles
- Section 5 – Donations of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles or equipment of materials relating thereto
- Section 6 – Information on containers and labels of infant milk substitutes of infant foods (preview)
- Section 7 – Educational and other materials relating to feeding of infants to contain certain particulars (preview)
- Section 8 – Health care system (preview)
- Section 9 – Inducement to health worker for promoting use of infant milk substitutes, etc (preview)
- Section 10 – Special provision relating to employees of person who produces, supplies, distributes or sells infant milk substitutes, etc (preview)
- Section 11 – Standards of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles or infant foods (preview)
- Section 12 – Powers of entry and search (preview)
- Section 13 – Power to seize infant milk substitutes, etc., or containers thereof (preview)
- Section 14 – Confiscation (preview)
- Section 15 – Power to give option to pay cost in lieu of confiscation (preview)
- Section 16 – Confiscation not to interfere with other punishments (preview)
- Section 17 – Adjudication (preview)
- Section 18 – Giving of opportunity to the owner of the seized infant milk substitute or feeding bottle or infant food or container thereof (preview)
- Section 19 – Appeal (preview)
- Section 20 – Penalty (preview)
- Section 21 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
- Section 22 – Offences by companies (preview)
- Section 23 – Offences to be cognizable and bailable (preview)
- Section 24 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 25 – Application of Act 37 of 1954 not barred (preview)
- Section 26 – Power to make rules (preview)