REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 318] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1976/ASVINA 2, 1898
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
(Department of Food)
ORDER
New Delhi, the 24th September 1976
G.S.R. 815(E)/Ess. Com./Sugarcone.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act 1955 (10 of 1955), the Central Government hereby makes the following Order further to amend the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, namely:—
1. (1) This Order may be called the Sugarcane (Control) Amendment Order, 1976.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. In the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966,—
(i) after clause 3, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
"3A. Rebate that can be deducted from the price paid for sugarcane.— A producer of sugar or his agent shall pay, for the sugarcane pur- chased by him, to the sugarcane grower or the sugarcane growers' cooperative society, either the minimum price of sugarcane fixed under clause 3, or the price agreed to between the producer or his agent and the sugarcane grower or the sugarcane growers' co- operative society, as the case may be (hereinafter referred to as the agreed price):
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2 4 02 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART II—SEC. 3(i)Provided that—
(1) in the case of sugarcane delivered at any purchase centre,—
(a) if the sugarcane is transported to the factory by the owner by rail, a rebate of thirty-two paise per quintal shall be made from the minimum price or the agreed price, as the cas=e may be; or (b) if the sugarcane is transported to the factory by road by the owner on his own transport, a rebate, not exceeding 2.5 paise (two and half paise) per quintal, per kilometer subject to a maximum of thirty-two paise per quintal, shall be made from the minimum price or the agreed price, as the case may be, subject to the condition that a certificate regarding the actual distance from the purchasing centre concerned to the factory and the rate per kilometer applicable in that case on the basis of which the rebate is charged, is obtamed from the Central Government, or the State Government, or the Director of Agriculture, or the Cane Com- missioner, or the District Magistrate, within their respective jurisdiction.
Explanation.—For the purpose of clause (b), the distance of less than half a kilometer shall be ignored while a distance of half or more than half a kilometer, shall be counted as one kilometer.
(li) the Central Government or the State Government, or the Director of Agriculture, or the Cane Commissioner, or the District Magistrate may allow a suitable rebate in the minimum price or the agreed price, as the case may be for burnt cane supplied to factories with- in their respective Jurisdiction, subject to the condition that the rebate so allowed does not exceed the reduction in price on ac- count of the estimated shortfall in the recovery of sugar from burnt cane;
(lii) where the sugarcane is brought bound in bundles and weighed as such, the Central Government, or with the approval of the Central Government, the State Government, or the Director of Agriculture, or the Cane Commissioner, or the District Magistrate, within their respective jurisdiction may allow a suitable rebate in regard to the weight of the binding material not exceeding 0.625 kilograms per quintal of sugarcane; and
(iv) the Central Government, or with the approval of the Central Govern- ment, the State Government may allow a suitable rebate In the minimum price or the agreed price, as the case may be, for any other reasons to be specified by the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be.";
(li) In the Second Schedule, under the heading "Explanation in this formula", in paragraph 3, for the words "Tariff Commission", the words "such authority as the Central Government may specify" shnll be sub- stituted.
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