Act Number: 41

Act Name: The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992

Year: 1992

Enactment Date: 1992-12-29

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development

Department:

Section 4: Prohibition of incentives for the use or sale of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles.
    4. Prohibition of incentives for use or sale of infant milk substitutes or 1[feeding bottles or infant foods].--No person shall--
         (a) supply or distribute samples of infant milk substitutes or 1[feeding bottles or infant foods] or gifts of utensils or other articles; or
         (b) contact any pregnant woman or the mother of an infant; or
         (c) offer inducement of any other kind,
for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of infant milk substitutes or 1[feeding bottles or infant foods].
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "feeding bottles" (w.e.f. 1-11-2003).
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