LawgistThe Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act
3Certain prohibitions in relation to infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant foods
No person shall--
(a) advertise, or take part in the publication of any advertisement, for the distribution, sale or supply of infant milk substitutes 1[, feeding bottles or infant foods]; or
(b) give an impression or create a belief in any manner that feeding of 2[infant milk substitutes and infant foods are] equivalent to, or better than, mother's milk; or
3[(c) take part in the promotion of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles or infant foods.]
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1. Subs. by Act 38 of 2003, s. 3, for "or feeding bottles" (w.e.f. 1-11-2003).
2. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "infant milk substitutes is" (w.e.f. 1-11-2003).
3. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for clause (c) (w.e.f. 1-11-2003).
All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Certain prohibitions in relation to infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant foods
- 4 Prohibition of incentives for the use or sale of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles
- 5 Donations of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles or equipment of materials relating thereto
- 6 Information on containers and labels of infant milk substitutes of infant foods
- 7 Educational and other materials relating to feeding of infants to contain certain particulars
- 8 Health care system
- 9 Inducement to health worker for promoting use of infant milk substitutes, etc
- 10 Special provision relating to employees of person who produces, supplies, distributes or sells infant milk substitutes, etc
- 11 Standards of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles or infant foods
- 12 Powers of entry and search
- 13 Power to seize infant milk substitutes, etc., or containers thereof
- 14 Confiscation
- 15 Power to give option to pay cost in lieu of confiscation
- 16 Confiscation not to interfere with other punishments
- 17 Adjudication
- 18 Giving of opportunity to the owner of the seized infant milk substitute or feeding bottle or infant food or container thereof
- 19 Appeal
- 20 Penalty
- 21 Cognizance of offences
- 22 Offences by companies
- 23 Offences to be cognizable and bailable
- 24 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 25 Application of Act 37 of 1954 not barred
- 26 Power to make rules
