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The 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.
1953
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. PRELIMINARY

  2. 1
     Short title, extent and commencement
  3. 2
     Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union
  4. 3
     Definitions

  • THE TEA BOARD

  • 4
     Establishment and constitution of the Tea Board
  • 5
     Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate acts and proceedings
  • 6
     Salary and allowances of Chairman
  • 7
     Vice-Chairman
  • 8
     Executive and other Committees
  • 9
     Secretary and staf
  • 10
     Functions of the Board
  • 11
     Dissolution of the Board

  • CONTROL OVER THE EXTENSION OF TEA CULTIVATION

  • 12
     Method of control of extension of tea cultivation
  • 13
     Limitations to the extension of tea cultivation
  • 14
     Grant of permission to plant tea
  • 15
     Grant of permission to plant tea in special circumstance
  • 16
     Tea nurseries

  • 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

  • 17
     Control of export of tea and tea seed
  • 18
     Tea or tea seed for export to be covered by licence or permit
  • 19
     Export allotment
  • 20
     Export quota and licences
  • 21
     Right to export licences
  • 22
     Special Export Licences
  • 23
     Board to maintain accounts of quotas
  • 24
     Board to maintain accounts of quotas

  • FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

  • 25
     Imposition of cess on tea produced In India
  • 26
     Payment of proceeds of cess to the Board
  • 26A
     Grant and loans by the Central Government to the Boar
  • 27
     Constitution of Fund
  • 28
     Borrowing powers of Board
  • 28A
     Writing off of losses
  • 29
     Accounts and audit

  • CONTROL BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

  • 30
     Power to control price and distribution of tea or tea waste
  • 31
     General control over acts and proceedings of the Board
  • 32
     Appeal to 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