3Declaration of controlled areas and fixing of prices

(1) The ¹[State] Government may, by notification in the ²[Official Gazette], declare any areas specified in the notification to be a controlled area for the purposes of this Act. (2) ³*** The ¹[State] Government may, by notification in the ²[Official Gazette], fix a minimum price or minimum prices for the purchase in any controlled area of sugar-cane intended for use in any factory. (3) The ¹[State] Government may, by notification in the ²[Official Gazette] prohibit in any controlled area the purchase of sugar-cane intended for use in any factory otherwise than from the grower of the sugar-cane or from a person licensed by the 5 [State] Government to act as a purchasing agent. **Footnotes:** 1. Subs., ibid., for "Provincial". 2. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "local Official Gazette". 3. The words "Subject to the control of the Governor-General in Council" omitted by the A.O. 1937 (1-4-1937).