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Tea Act
An Act to provide for the control by the Union of the Tea industry, including the control, in pursuance of the International Agreement now in force, of the cultivation of tea in, and of the export of tea from, India and for that purpose to establish a Tea Board and levy a duty of excise on tea produced in India.
| Act Id | 195329 |
| Act Number | 29 |
| Enactment Date | 1953-05-28 |
| Act Year | 1953 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Enforcement Date | 01-04-1956 |
- PRELIMINARY
- THE TEA BOARD
- CONTROL OVER THE EXTENSION OF TEA CULTIVATION
- MANAGEMENT OR CONTROL OF TEA UNDERTAKINGS OR TEA UNITS BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
- 16A Definitions
- 16B Power to cause investigation to be made in relation to a tea undertaking or tea unit
- 16C Power of Central Government on completion of investigation
- 16D Power of Central Government to assume management or control of tea undertaking or tea unit in certain cases
- 16E Power to take over tea undertaking or tea unit without investigation under certain circumstances
- 16F Contracts in bad faith, etc., may be cancelled or varied
- 16G Application of Act 1 of 1956
- 16H Power of Central Government to cancel notified order under section 16D or 16E
- 16 Tea nurseries
- 16J Power of Central Government to make certain declarations in relation to tea undertakings or tea unit
- 16K Power of Central Government to call for report on the affairs and working of a managed tea undertaking or tea unit
- 16L Preparation of an inventory of the assets and liabilities and list of members and creditors of managed tea undertaking or tea unit
- 16LL Debts incurred and investments made by the authorised person to have priority
- 16M Bar of suits and other proceedings in relation to the tea undertakings or tea units
- 16N Rules made under Act 65 of 1951 to apply
- CONTROL OVER THE EXPORT OF TEA AND TEA SEED
- FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
- CONTROL BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
- MISCELLANEOUS
- 33 Licensing brokers, tea manufacturers, etc
- 34 Power of inspection
- 35 Power of Board to call for returns
- 36 Penalty for illicit export
- 37 Penalty for making false return
- 38 Penalty for obstructing an officer or member of the board in the discharge of his duties and for failure to produce books and records
- 39 Penalty for illicit cultivation
- 40 Removal of tea planted without permission
- 41 Penalty for contravention of order relating to control of price and distribution
- 42 Penalty for contravention of order relating to control of price and distribution
- 43 Offences by companies
- 44 Jurisdiction of courts
- 45 Previous sanction of Central Government for prosecution
- 46 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 47 Power to delegate
- 48 Suspension of operation of Act
- 49 Power of Central Government to make rules
- 50 Power of Board to make by-laws
- 51 Repeals and savings
