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ACT I OF 2014 ACT I OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF BREAST-FEEDING AND CHILD NUTRITION ACT, 2014 An Act to provide for the protection of breast-feeding and nutrition for infants and young children CHAPTER III PROHIBITIONS 7. Prohibited Practices.---(1) No person shall, in any form whatsoever promote any designated products except as provided for under this Act. (2) No person shall in any manner assert that any designated product is substitute for mother's milk, or that it is equivalent to or comparable with or superior to mother's milk. (3) No manufacturer or distributor shall offer, or make gift or contributions of any kind or pay to any extent for any reason whatsoever or give any kind of benefit to a health worker or his family or any personnel employed directly or indirectly in a health facility or any member of the board of the employees thereof. (4) No manufacturer or distributor shall donate any designated product and equipment or services related to a designated product free of charge or at low cost to a health care facility, or offer or give any benefit to a professional association of medical practitioners for his purpose. (5) No person other than a health worker who is not engaged by a manufacturer or distributor shall instruct any user on the need and proper preparation and use of any designated product: Provided that a manufacturer or distributor may instruct any user on the need and proper preparation and use of any designated product in accordance with the provisions of Section 8. (6) No distributor or manufacturer shall in furtherance of or for the purposes of its business have contact, directly or indirectly with general public within a health care facility. (7) No manufacturer, distributor or any person engaged by them shall produce or distribute any educational or informational material relating to infant and young child feeding: Provided that any educational or informational material relating to a designated product may be provided by a manufacturer or distributor to a health professional subject to the prescribed conditions, and that the same shall be restricted to scientific and factual matters and shall not imply or create a belief that bottle-feeding is equivalent to superior to breast-feeding.