The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2] NEW DELHI, MONDAY JANUARY 16, 1967/PAUSA 26, 1888
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as
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MINISTRY OF LAW (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 16th January, 1967/Pausa 26, 1888 (Saka)
The following President's Act is published for general informa- tion : —
THE KERALA ESSENTIAL ARTICLES CONTROL (TEMPORARY POWERS) CONTINUANCE ACT, 1967
No. 1 OF 1967 Enacted by the President in the Seventeenth Year of the Republic of India. An Act to continue the Kerala Essential Articles Control (Temporary Powers) Act, 1961, for a further period.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Kerala 12 of 1965. State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1965, the President is pleased to enact as follows:—
8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1] 2. In sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Kerala Essential Articles Amendment of section I.Control (Temporary Powers) Act, 1961, for the words "five years", Kerala Act the words "seven years" shall be substituted.
S. RADHAKRISHNAN, President.
S. P. SEN-VARMA, Secy, to the Govt. of India.
Reasons for the enactment
The Kerala Essential Articles Control (Temporary Powers) Act,
1961 (Kerala Act 3 of 1962), provides for the control of the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce in, articles which are not essential commodities under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955) and which the State Government may declare as essential articles. The period of operation of the Act is due to expire on the 16th January, 1967. It is considered necessary to extend the period of operation of the Act for a further period of two years.
2. The present enactment is intended to achieve the above
purpose.
3. The Committee constituted under the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Kerala State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1965 (12 of 1965), has approved the enactment of this measure as a President's Act.
K. B. LALL,
Secy, to the Govt. of India,