The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992
26 sections.
Open in Lexace · Ask the AI- 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
- Section 7 — Educational and other materials relating to feeding of infants to contain certain particulars.
- Section 8 — Health care system.
- Section 9 — Inducement to health worker for promoting use of infant milk substitutes, etc.
- Section 10 — Special provision relating to employees of person who produces, supplies, distributes or sells infant milk substitutes, etc.
- Section 11 — Standards of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles or infant foods.
- Section 12 — Powers of entry and search.
- Section 13 — Power to seize infant milk substitutes, etc., or containers thereof.
- Section 14 — Confiscation.
- Section 15 — Power to give option to pay cost in lieu of confiscation.
- Section 16 — Confiscation not to interfere with other punishments.
- Section 17 — Adjudication.
- Section 18 — Giving of opportunity to the owner of the seized infant milk substitute or feeding bottle or infant food or container thereof.
- Section 19 — Appeal.
- Section 20 — Penalty.
- Section 21 — Cognizance of offences.
- Section 22 — Offences by companies.
- Section 23 — Offences to be cognizable and bailable.
- Section 24 — Protection of action taken in good faith.
- Section 25 — Application of Act 37 of 1954 not barred.
- Section 26 — Power to make rules.
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