The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 44] NEW DELHl, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1978/MAGHA 13, 1899
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110 THE GAZETTE OF,INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
(Department
ORDER
New Delhi, the 2nd February, 1978
GJS.R. 62(E)/Ess. Com./Sugarcane—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. Short title and commencement :
(1) This Order may be called the Sugarcane (Control)
Amendment Order, 1978.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. In the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, in clause 3—
(i) after sub-clause (3), the following sub-clause shall
be inserted,
"(3A) where a producer of sugar or hia agent fails to make payment for the sugarcane purchased with- in 14 days of the date of delivery, he shall pay interest on the amount due at the rate of 13 per cent per annum for the period of such delaj beyond 14 days. Where payment of interest or delayed payment is made to a cane growers society, the society shall pass on the interest to the cane growers concerned after deducting ad- ministrative charges, if any. permitted by the rules of the said society.
(ii) after sub-clause (6), the following sub-clause shall
be inserted, namely :—
"(7) In case, the price of the sugarcane remains un- paid on the last day of the sugar year in which cane supply was made to the factory on account - of the suppliers of cane not coming forward with their claims therefor or for any other rea- son, it shall be deposited by the producer of sugar with the Collector of the district in which the factory is situated, within three months of the close of the sugar year. The Collector shall pay, out of the amount so deposited, all claims, considered payable by him and preferred before him within three years of the close of the sugar year in which the cane was supplied to the fac- tory. The amount strll remaining un-disbursed with the Collector, after meeting the claims from the Suppliers, shall bo credited by him to the Consolidated Fund of the State, immediately after the expiry of the time limit of 3 years within which claims therefor could be preferred by the suppliers. The State Government shall, as far as possible, utilise such amounts, for de- velopment of sugarcane in the State,
[No. 4-25/75-SPY] C. N. RAGHAVAN, Joint Secy.