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The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act

An Act to provide for the establishment of an Authority for the development and promotion of exports of certain agricultural and processed food products and for matters connected therewith.
1986
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. PRELIMINARY

  2. 1
     Short title, extent and commencement
  3. 2
     Definitions
  4. 3
     Power to amend Schedule

  • AGRICULTURAL AND PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

  • 4
     Establishment and constitution of the Authority
  • 5
     Salary and Allowances and other conditions of service of Chairman and allowances of members
  • 6
     Chairman to be chief executive
  • 7
     Secretary of the Authority and other staff
  • 8
     Special provision for transfer of employees to the Authority
  • 9
     Committees of the Authority
  • 10
     Functions of the Authority
  • 10A
     Functions in respect of Special products, etc
  • 11
     Power to supersede the Authority

  • REGISTRATION

  • 12
     Registration of exporters
  • 13
     Application, cancellation, fee payable and other matters relating to registration
  • 14
     Returns to be made by exporters

  • FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

  • 15
     Grants or loans by the Central Government
  • 16
     Constitution of Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Fund
  • 17
     Borrowing powers of the Authority
  • 18
     Accounts and audit

  • CONTROL BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

  • 19
     Power to prohibit or control imports and exports of Scheduled products
  • 20
     Directions by the Central Government
  • 21
     Returns and reports

  • MISCELLANEOUS

  • 22
     Penalty for making false reports
  • 23
     Penalties for obstructing a member or officer of the Authority in the discharge of his duty and for failure to produce books and records
  • 24
     Other penalties
  • 25
     Offences by companies
  • 26
     Jurisdiction of court
  • 27
     Previous sanction of the Central Government
  • 28
     Protection of action taken in good faith
  • 29
     Power to delegate
  • 30
     Suspension of operation of this Act
  • 31
     Application of other laws not barred
  • 32
     Power to make rules
  • 33
     Power to make regulations
  • 34
     Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament
  • 35
     Validation