The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 37] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1983/KARTIKA 26, 1905
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed
as a separate compilation
LOK SABHA
The following Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on the 17th Novem-
ber, 1983: —
BILL NO. 114 OF 1983
A Bill farther to amend the Tea Act, 1953.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic
of India as follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Tea (Amendment) Act, 1983.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 7th day of
October, 1983.
Short
title and
com-
mence-
ment.
2. In the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 16D and in clause (a)
' 29 of 1953.
of sub-section (2) of section 16-1 of the Tea Act, 1953 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the words "two years", the words "six years" shall be substituted.
Amend-
ment of
sections
16D and
16-1.
3. (1) The Tea (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983, is hereby repealed.
7 of 1983.
Repeal
and
saving.
a THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAHT II—SEC. 2]STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The provisions contained in the Tea Act with respect to the taking over of management of the sick and uneconomic tea undertakings are broadly modelled on the provisions contained in the Industries (Deve- lopment and Regulation) Act, 1951. However, while the total period for which the management of an industrial undertaking can be taken over under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 is seventeen years (five years in the first instance and thereafter by exten- sions not exceeding two years at a time), the maximum period for which the management of a tea undertaking or unit could be retained under the Tea Act as amended in 1976, was only seven years (five years in the first instance and thereafter by extensions not exceeding one year at a time). Experience with respect to certain tea undertakings the manage- ment whereof had been taken over in 1976 has revealed that for nursing a sick tea unit or tea undertaking back to health, the maximum period of seven years would not be adequate. As the seven-year period in respect of these tea undertakings was due to expire, the President promulgated the Tea (Amendment) Ordinance on the 7th October, 1983 to increase the maximum period for which the management of a tea undertaking or a tea unit can be retained by the Government to eleven years.
The Bill seeks to replace the aforesaid Ordinance.
NEW DELHI;
The 9th November, 1983. VISHWANATH PRATAP SINGH.