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The Right To Food
The Right To Food
"breast-milked substitute" means the mother's milk, partially or fully prepared, alternatively
produced, marketed or presented in any way, from the time of birth to 6 (six) months of age;
"child food" means any food made after partial or full, ready, marketed, or presented in any way,
after the full 6 (six) months of the child;
"commercial food produced commercially" means any commercially manufactured food rich in
proper nutrition, according to the age of six (six) months after the birth of the age of six (6)
months, whether called by the name ;
Without registration under this Act, a person can not import, locally produce, market, sell or
distribute any type of breast-milk substitute, child food, commercially manufactured baby food
or its use equipment.
Educational or other information
. For the purpose of establishing contact with birth or early pregnancies or mothers of child, for
the purpose of pre-birth or posthumous services, the following information will be included in
any educational or informative materials, among other things, the following information: -
(G) Difficulties of returning to the breast-feeding option after breastfeeding after feeding the
child;
Committee Functions
(a) For the proper observation and action of the government regarding the International Code of
Marketing and its relevant international standards for breast-milk substitutes, baby food, excess
food for commercially manufactured children or its use. Offer advice;
(B) for the purpose of this Act, to perform or perform other functions assigned or specified by
the Government; And
(2) Every application for registration under sub-section (1) shall be submitted to the director
referred to in sub-section, in prescribed manner, in form, condition and fees.
(3) Appeal submitted under sub-section (2), in accordance with the provisions of this Act and
the rules made thereunder, in consideration, registration shall be made within 60 (sixty days) of
submission of application.
(4) The registration certificate issued under this section shall specify the terms and conditions
for registration and registration.
(5) The period of each registration issued under sub-section (3) shall be 3 (three) years from the
date of registration and it shall be renewable in the prescribed time subject to the prescribed
fee.
Suspension and cancellation of registrations, etc.
(1) If any of the provisions of this Act or any rule made thereunder or if any condition specified
in the registration certificate is violated or if any wrong or false information is provided for
obtaining the registration, the director may, in prescribed manner, suspend registration or, as
the case may be, cancel it.
(2) No registration under sub-section (1) may be postponed or, as the case may be, canceled,
without giving the applicant an opportunity to show the reasons for not less than 15 (fifteen)
days.
(3) If a registered holder is aggrieved by any order given under sub-section (1), he may appeal to
the Government within 30 (thirty) days from the date of receipt of the order.
(4) The decision shall be made within 60 (sixty) days from the time of application for appeal
under sub-section (3); And the government's decision on that matter will be final.
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(1) If any person violates any of the provisions of this Act, then that violation shall be an offense
and for that, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 (three) years,
or a fine not exceeding 5, 00,000 (five hundred thousand) taka, or both.
(2) If a child is sick or dies due to breast-milk substitutes, child food and commercially
manufactured foods or its use equipment, it will be a heinous crime under this Act and
therefore, those breast-milk substitutes, child food commercially produced baby food or its use
The company prepared by the equipment will be sentenced to 10 (ten) years or imprisonment
If any offense arises under this Act, those things which have been committed in connection with
the things, goods, equipment, or any other material, shall be forfeited or, as the case may be,
disposable.
Offense by the company
(1) If any offense under this Act is committed by any company, then every directive, manager,
secretary, partner, officer and employee of the company shall be deemed to have committed
such offense, unless he proves that the said The crime has been unaware of him or he tried his
best to stop the crime.
(2) If the company mentioned in sub-section (1) is a legal corporation, in addition to being
accused and convicted of the person mentioned in that sub-section, the company may be
charged separately and convicted in the same proceeding, but on the criminal case According to
the relevant provisions only the penalty can be imposed.
(B) In the case of commercial organizations, in the sense of "director", there is also a partner or
member of the board of directors.
Act of law no. 59 of 2009
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, the offense under this Act can be tried
according to the Mobile Court Act, 2009 (Act No. 59 of 2009).