The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 267 ] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1979/ASADHA 9,1901
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656 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART IT—SEC. 3(il)J (a) "Controller" means any officer of the Central Govern- ment duly appointed as such by the Central Govern- ment by notification in the Official Gazette ;(b) "cream laid or wove paper" means ordinary white or creamy writing paper, containing laid or wove marks, and having a smooth surface for writing and conform- ing to the specifications for cream laid or wove paper notified by the Indian Standards Institution from time to time ;
(c) "manufacturer" means a manufacturer of paper or paper boards or both, and registered as such with the Director General of Technical Development, Government of India;
(d) "white printing paper" means the common type of white printing paper of uniform formation, evenly finished and generally free from specks, holes or other blemishes, and suitable for printing and conforming to the specifications for white printing paper notified by the Indian Standards Institution from time to time.
3. Power to direct disposal of stock.—The Central Govern- ment may, with a view to securing proper distribution of whit* printing paper and cream laid or wove paper, issue such orders, general or special, as may be necessary, to any manu- facturer as to the disposal of his stock of white printing paper and cream laid or wove paper.
4. Power to direct sale.—The Central Government may, by order, require any manufacturer to sell white printing paper and cream laid or wove paper or any of such varieties of paper to such person or class of persons, and on such terms and conditions, as may be specified In the Order.
5. Maintenance and production of accounts, etc.—(1) Every manufacturer shall keep such books, accounts and records, relating to the production, and sale of white printing paper and cream laid or wove paper as the Central Government may require.
MEN1STTRY OF INDUSTRY
(Department of Industrial Development)
ORDER New Delhi, the 30th June, 1979
PAPER CONTROL ORDER, 1979
S.O. 376(E) Whereas the Central Government is of opinion- that it is necessary and expedient so to do for maintaining and increasing supplies and for securing the equitable distri- bution and availability at fair prices, of certain varieties of writing and printing paper, an essential commodity;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Eisential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), the Central Government hereby makes the following Order, namely :—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Order may be called the Paper (Control) Order, 1979.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definition.—In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(2) Every manufacturer and person employed by him in connection with the production and sale of white printing paper and cream laid or wove paper shall, on being required so to do by the Central Government and within such period as may be allowed in this behalf—
(a) produce and make available for inspection of such books, accounts records or other documents, and
(b) furnish such returns and other information relating to the business as may be specified by the Central Government.
6, Retention prices.—The ex-factory price? admissible to the manufacturer for white printing paper and cream laid or wove paper shall be Rs, 3000 and Rs. 3785 per metric tonne respectively, and no manufacturer shall sell any of such varieties of paper at a price exceeding such price,
7, Delegation.—All powers exercisable by the Central Government under this Order shall be exercisable also by the Controller.
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B. R. R. IYENGAR, It. Secy.