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Informational and Educational Materials

Act: Balochistan Protection and Promotion of Breast-Feeding and Child Nutrition Act 2014

Section Provisions

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 IV INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS 9. Informational and Educational Materials.---(1) Any person who produces or distributes any informational an educational materials referred in this Section shall submit copies thereof to the board as may be prescribed. (2) The informational and educational materials, whether written, audio or visual, which refer to infant feeding shall contain only correct information and shall not use any pictures, graphics or text that encourage bottle-feeding or discourage breast-feeding. (3) Government shall, in consultation with the Board, arrange for and approve the dissemination of objective and consistent informational and educational materials on infant and young child feeding, excluding medical literature and may, by notification in the official Gazette, publish such instructions, guidelines or policies as it deems necessary or appropriate, for the purposes of producing and distributing informational and educational materials.