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

State: Central

Year: 1992

.....any method of encouraging any person to purchase or use infant milk substitute, feeding bottle or infant food.'. (2) Any reference in this Act to any other enactment or any provision thereof, shall, in relation to an area in which such enactment or such provision is not in force, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law or the relevant provision of the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area. SECTION 03: CERTAIN 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 substitutes7feeding bottles or infant foods or (b) give an impression or create a belief in any manner that feeding of8infant milk substitutes and infant foods are equivalent to, or better than, mother's milk; or 9(c) take part in the promotion of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles or infant foods. SECTION 04: PROHIBITION OF INCENTIVES FOR THE USE OR SALE OF INFANT MILK SUBSTITUTES OR FEEDING BOTTLES OR INFANT FOODS No person shall- (a) supply or distribute samples of infant milk substitutes or11feeding bottles or.....

Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation Ofproduction, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1992

.....any method of encouraging any person to purchase or use infant milk substitute, feeding bottle or infant food.] (2) Any reference in this Act to any other enactment or any provision thereof, shall, in relation to an area in which such enactment or such provision is not in force, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law or the relevant provision of the corresponding law, if any, if force in that area. ____________________________ 1. Substituted by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). Prior to substitution it read as under : "(a) "advertisement" includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper and other documents and also includes any visible representation or announcement made by means of any light, sound, smoke or gas;" 2. Substituted for "but does not include a pharmacy or drug store" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). 3. Substituted for "after the age of four months" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant.....

Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation Ofproduction, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 Section 21

Title: Cognizance of Offences

State: Central

Year: 1992

(1) Save as otherwise provided in section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), no court shall lake cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act except upon a complaint in writing made by-- (a) a person authorised in this behalf under sub-section (1) of section 20 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954); or (b) an officer not below the rank of a Class I officer authorised in this behalf, by general or special order, by the Government; or (c) a representative of such voluntary organisation engaged in (he field of child welfare and development and child nutrition as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, authorise in this behalf. (2) Where a complaint has been made by a representative of (he voluntary organisation authorised under clause (c) of sub-section (1) and the court has issued a summon or, as the case may be, a warrant under sub-section (1) of section 204 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the Assistant Public Prosecutor for that court shall take charge of the case and conduct the prosecution.