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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

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."

(i) for clause (a), the following clauses shall be substi-

tuted, namely :—

"(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

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.

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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY

[PART II—SEC. 3(i)]

PRINTED BY THE MANAGER, OOVT. OF INDIA PRESS, RING ROAD, NEW DEUH-110064

AND TUBIISHLD BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUJlLTCvriON:), DEI HI-110054,

1980.

Year Cop 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)

(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";

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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