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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
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accordance with sub-rule (10), or sub-rule (11), as the case may be, in the case of an application for registration of curer of Virginia tobacco or as exporter or packer or uuetioncer of, or dealer in, tobacco, or for the renewal of such registration, and take such decision thereon either granting or renewing the certificate of registration, under rule 33 or registering or renewing the registration under rule 34 or rule 35 or refusing to grant or renew such certificate of registration or refusing to register or renew the registration, as the ease may be."
(c) in sub-rule (9),—
(i) for clause (a), the following clauses shall be substi-
tuted, namely :—
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND CIVIL SUPPLIES
(Department of Commerce)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2nd Aprfl, 1980
G.S.R. 192(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by
sub-section (1) of section 32. read with clause (1) of sub- section (2) of that section and sections 10 and 14, cf the Tobacco Board Act. 1975 (4 of 1975), the Central Govern- ment hereby makes the following rules furthev to" amend the Tobacco Board Rules, 1976, namely :—
1. (1) These rules may be called the Tobacco Board
(Amendment) Rules, 1980.
(2) They shall ;omc into force on the date of their
publicalion in the Official Oazette.
2. In the Tobacco Board Rules, 1976 (hereinafter referred
to as the said rules), in rule 33,—
(a) in sub-rule (1),-—
(i) in the opening sentence, for the words "the Board", the words "the Chairman" shall be substituted;
(ii) in clause (a), for the words and figures ''the 31st December", the words and figures "'the 31st January" shall be substituted;
(iii) in clause (b), for the words and figures ''the 30th April", the words and figures "the 31st May" shall be substituted;
(b) for sub-rule (4), (lie following sub-rule shall be-
substituted, namely :—
"(4) Every application for certificate of registration referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be accompanied by a fee of rupees ten and every application for renewal of such certificate of registration shall be accompanied by a fee of rupees seven:
Provided that the fee payable on an application for such certificate of registration or renewal of such certificate of registration shall not exceed one rupee for 0.4 hectare of the land in relation to which such application has been made."
3. In rule 36 of the said rules,—
(a) in sub-rule (I),—
(i) for the words "for certificate of registration", the words "for certificate of registration or renewal of such certificate" shall be substituted;
(ii) for the words "for registration", the words "for • registration or renewal of registration", shall be
substituted;
(b) for sirb-rule (4), the following sub-rule shall be sub-
stituted, namely :—
"(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (3), the Com- mittee shall consider the applications in accordance with sub-rule (9), in the case of an application for a certificate of registration for growing Virginia tobacco or for renewal of such certificate, and in "(a) The Tobacco Board- shall lay down every year the policy ^elating to regulation of production of Virginia tobacco and the policy shall be published In all or any of the following manners, namely, Jn the form of a book or pamphlet or by notifi- cation in widely circulated newspapers.
(aa) In laying down the policy, the Board shall have
regard to the following factors, namely :—
"(1) the demand for Virginia tobacco In India and
abroad;
(ii) suitability of the land for growing Virginia
tobacco;
(iii) the differentiation in soil characteristics which govern the quality of Virginia tobacco in the different regions in the country where such tobacco is cultivated;
(iv) the quality of I he Virginia tobacco produced in
any region and the probable quantity thereof having regard to the nature of tht- soil and its fertility nnd the agro-climatic factors;
(v) the marketability of different qualities of Virginia
tobacco;
(vi) the need for rotation of crops";
(ab) When laying down the policy, the Board may also direct the Committee to have regard, in considering applications for certificate of registration for growing Virginia tobacco, to the experience of the applicant in growing Virginia tobacco and whether the applicant is converting land used for growing other crops for the purpose of growing Virginia tobacco;".
(ii) in caluse (b) for the words, brackets and letter "in addition to the factors mentioned in clause (a), regard shall be bad also", the words "the Committee shall have regard also", shall bo substituted.
4. After rule 39 of the said rules, the following rule shall
be insertedl camely :—
"3 9A. Where the Secretary or any other Officer of the Board authorised by (be Chairman in that behalf is satisfied that a certificate of registration granted under rule 33, rule 34 or rule 35 has been lost, destroyed or mutilated for no fault of the holder of the certificate, the Secretary or such other offi- cer, as the case may be, may, on an application made in that behalf by the holder of the certificate, is a duplicate certificate of registration."
*. In the Form I,—
(a) after item 8, the following Item shall be iiwtled,
namely :—
"8A. Where any crop, other than Virginia tobacco, has been raised on the area, to which the appli- cation relates, during the three immediately pre- ceding years, particulars of the crop so raised and the area over which and the year during which such crop was raised.
402 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]Year C op raised during each Out of the area to which the of tho th"s immsdiatcly application relates, the area preceding y^ars over which the crop was raised
1 2
3
(1) _ _ __
(2) _
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(b) in item 9—
(i) for the words "and actual utilisation of the area during the two immediately preceding years", the words "and, where such area has been used for raising tobacco in the two immediately preceding years, the area so used during such two years with details of the variety of tobacco so raised";
(c) after item 9, the following item shall be inserted,
"9A. Classification of the soil of the area to which the application relates, namely, whether—
(i) wet or dry land ; and
(ii) black soU or light soil.
Extent of the area Whether wet or Whether blacl.
dry land soil or light soil
~T) ~ll) (3) "'
Notes : (1) Tobacco Board Rules, 1976, published as G.S.R. (1) (E), dated 1-1-1976 in Pan II, Section 3, sub-section (i) of Extraordinary Gazette of India, dated 1-1-1976
(2) Tobacco Board (Amendment) Rules, 1976 published as G.S.R. 1259, dated 20-8-1976 in Part II, Section 3, sub- section (1) of Gazette of India, dated 28-8-1976.
(3) Tobacco Board (Second Amendment) Rules, 1976 pub- lished as G.S.R. 1576, dated 1-11-1976 in Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) of Gazette of India, datod 6-11-1976.
(4) Tobacco Board (Amendment) Rules, 1978 published as GSR 858, dated 16-6-1978 in Part II, Section 3, sub- section (i) of Gazette of India, dated 1-7-1978.
(5) Tobacco Board (Second Amendment) Rules, 1978 pub- lished as GSR 596 (E), dated 28-12-1978 in Part II. Section 3, Sub-section (i) of Extraordinary Gazette of India, dated 28-12-1978.
(6) Tobacco Board (Amendment) Rules, 1979 published as GSR 384(E), dated 20-6-1979 in Part II, Section 3, sub- section (i) of Extraurdinary Gazette of Indie, dated 20-6-1979.
K: G. RAMANATHAN, Jt. Secy
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