The Assam Declaration of Stocks and Prices of Essential Commodities Order, 1977

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    "title": "The Assam Declaration of Stocks and Prices of Essential Commodities Order, 1977",
    "short_title": "The Assam Declaration of Stocks and Prices of Essential Commodities Order, 1977",
    "act_number": "",
    "act_year": 1977,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Assam Declaration of Stocks and Prices of Essential Commodities Order, 1977",
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    "section_label": "Section",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"dealer\" means any person carrying on the business of selling of any essential commodity and includes a producer, an importer, a wholesaler or a retailer, and also a broker, or commission agent, distributor or any other agent of a producer or wholesaler having authority to sell any essential commodity belonging to his principal;\n(b) \"essential commodity\" means any of the commodities mentioned in Schedule I to the Order; or such other essential commodities as may be notified by the Government under this Order from time to time;\n(c) \"Form\" means a Form set forth in Schedule II to this Order;\n(d) \"importer\" means any person who brings any essential, commodity into the State of Assam from any place outside the State for the purpose of sale in the State;\n(e) \"place of business\" means a place where the books of accounts of a dealer's business are kept and where orders or offers involving purchases or sale of any essential commodity are received and includes place or places where the dealer stores any essential commodity;\n(f) \"producer\" means a person engaged in the production, manufacture or processing of any essential commodity and includes a person who uses any essential commodity for production, manufacture or processing of any other commodity not being an essential commodity; but does not include a producer of sugar;\n(g) \"retailer\" means a person who sells any essential commodity to a consumer;\n(h) \"wholesaler\" means a person who sells any essential commodity in bulk to any other dealer or to retailer;\n(i) \"Government\" means the State Government of Assam;\n(j) \"Executive Magistrate\" means the District Magistrate (Executive), Additional District Magistrate (Executive) and the Sub-divisional Magistrate (Executive).",
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            "is_definition": true,
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Display of stock and price lists.",
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            "content": "(a) every dealer to display conspicuously at a place as near to the entrance of his place of business as possible a list in Form 'A' indicating the opening stock of each essential commodity held by him on each day;\n(b) every dealer to display conspicuously at a place as near to the entrance of his place of business as possible the wholesale or retail price as the case may be of each essential commodity held by him on each day in Form '13'.\n(c) Every dealer to submit return to the Executive Magistrate or an officer empowered by the Executive Magistrate in this behalf in Form 'C' and shall submit further such report and return as may be required by the Executive Magistrate.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Power of entry, search, seizure, etc.",
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            "content": "(a) require the owner, occupier or any other person in charge of any place, premises, vehicles or vessel in which he has reason to believe that any contravention of the provision of this Order has been, is being or is about to be committed, to produce any books, accounts or other documents showing transactions relating to such contraventions;\n(b) enter, inspect or break open and search any place or premises, vehicle or vessel in which he has reason to believe that any contravention of the provisions of this Order is being or is about to be committed;\n(c) of any books of accounts and documents which in the opinion of such person, may be useful for, or relevant to, any proceeding under this rule and the person from whose custody such books of accounts or documents are seized shall be entitled to make copies thereof or to take extracts therefrom in the presence of an officer having the custody of such books of accounts or documents;\n(d) search, seize and remove stock of essential commodities and the animals, vehicles, vessels or other conveyance used in carrying the said essential commodity in contravention of the provisions of this Order and their take or authorise the taking of all measures necessary securing the production of the stocks of essential commodity and the animals, vehicles or other conveyance seized in a Court and for their safe custody pending such production.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Sanction for prosecution.",
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            "content": "Schedule I\n[ See paragraph 2 (b)]\n(i) Mustard oil.\n(ii) Groundnut oil.\n(iii) Coconut oil.\n(iv) Til oil.\n(v) Rapeseed oil.\n(i) cotton ; (ii) Wool ; (iii) man-made cellulosic spun fibre; (iv) man-made non-cellulosic spun fibre; (v) Silk.\nSchedule II\nForm A\nForm A\n[ See Paragraph 3 (a)]\nExact location of godown(s)\nName of article\nQuality/make of article\nOpening Stock as on date\nForm B\nForm B\n[ See Paragraph 3 (b)]\nSl. No.\nName of article\nQuality/make of article\nPrice per unit\nRemarks\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9\nForm C\nForm C\n[ See Paragraph 3 (c)]",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass140]",
        "Act Number": "",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1977",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Declaration of Stocks and Prices of Essential Commodities Order, 1977",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}