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

Short title, extent and commencement

Definitions

Certain prohibitions in relation to infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant foods

Prohibition of incentives for the use or sale of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles

Donations of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles or equipment of materials relating thereto

Information on containers and labels of infant milk substitutes of infant foods

Educational and other materials relating to feeding of infants to contain certain particulars

Health care system

Inducement to health worker for promoting use of infant milk substitutes, etc

Special provision relating to employees of person who produces, supplies, distributes or sells  infant milk substitutes, etc

Standards of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles or infant foods

Powers of entry and search

Power to seize infant milk substitutes, etc., or containers thereof

Confiscation

Power to give option to pay cost in lieu of confiscation

Confiscation not to interfere with other punishments

Adjudication

Giving of opportunity to the owner of the seized infant milk substitute or feeding bottle or infant  food or container thereof

Appeal

Penalty

Cognizance of offences

Offences by companies

Offences to be cognizable and bailable

Protection of action taken in good faith

Application of Act 37 of 1954 not barred

Power to make rules

All sections

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), an offence punishable under this Act shall be--

(a) bailable;

(b) cognizable.


LAWGIST

# 23 Offences to be cognizable and bailable