EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 556] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6,1983/AGRAHAYANA 15, 1905
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2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART 11 Src. 3(ij)]MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
(Department of Commerce)
ORDER
New Delhi, the 6th December, 1983
S.O.901(E).—Whereas the Central Government is of opinion that1 it is necessary and expedient so to do for maintaining supplies of tea, an essential commodity, and for securing its equitable distri- bution;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers con- ferred by section 3 of the Essential 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 Tea (Registration of Deal- ers and Declaration of Stocks) Order, 1983.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.-—-In this Order, unless the con-
text otherwise requires,—
(a) "commission agent" means a commission agent having in the customary course of business as such agent authority either to sell tea, or to consign tea for the pur- pose of sale or to buy tea;
(b) "dealer" means a dealer in tea, and in- cludes a broker, commission agent, manufacturer and a warehouse keeper;
(c) "State Order" means any Order issued by the State Government or Union Territory Administration under the pro- visions of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955) in relation to tea and in force for the time being ;
(d) L'tea" means the plant Camellia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze as well as all varieties of the product known commercially as tea made from the leaves of the said plant, including green tea;
(e) "warehouse keeper" means a person who owns or maintains a warehouse wherein tea is stored for the purposes of sale eith- er by auction or otherwise;
(f) words and expressions used but not defin- ed herein shall have the meanings res- pectively assigned to them in the Tea Act, 1953 (20 of 1953).
3. Registration of dealers—Notwithstanding anything contained in any State Order, after the expiration of a period of 30 day* from the coming into force of this Order, no person shall, if the stocks of tea in the possession exceed 1,000 kilo- grams, carry no business as a dealer unless he is registered as such in accordance with the provi- sions of a State Order.
4. Returns.—Every dealer shall furnish fort- nightly return to such authority as may be specified by the State Government in this behalf by noti- fication in the Official Gazette in respect of such stocks of tea held by him as are in excess of 1,000 kilograms.
5. State Orders to apply.—The provisions of the State Orders shall apply in respect of any matter for which no provision has been specifically made in this Order.
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J. K. BAGCHI, Jt. Secy.