{ "id": 16713, "slug": "the-bombay-molasses-control-act-1956", "title": "The Bombay Molasses (Control) Act, 1956", "short_title": "The Bombay Molasses (Control) Act, 1956", "act_number": "Bombay Act No. 38 of 1956", "act_year": 1956, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Gujarat", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "The Bombay Molasses (Control) Act, 1956", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Definitions.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) \"Collector\" means the Collector of land revenue;\n[(b) \"Director\" means the Director of Industries, [Gujarat State;]\n(c) \"Inspector\" means an Inspector appointed under section 5;\n(d) \"Molasses\" means the heavy, dark coloured viscous liquid produced in the final stage of manufacture of sugar by vacuum or open pan, from sugarcane or gur when the liquid as such or in any form or admixture contains sugar ;\n(e) \"Occupier of a sugar factory\" means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of a sugar factory;\n(f) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules or orders under this Act;\n(g) \"Sugar factory\" means any premises, including precincts thereof, whereon twenty or more workers are working, or were working on any day of the preceding twelve months and in any part of which a manufacturing process connected with the production of sugar by means of vacuum pans or in open pans is being carried on, or is ordinarily carried on, with the aid of power.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Molasses Board, its constitution and procedure.", "chapter": null, "content": "Provided that", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Functions of Molasses Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) advise the State Government on matters concerning the grading and marketing of molasses, the prices at which molasses are to be sold and generally on their allocation for distilleries and other purposes, and\n(b) perform such other functions as may be prescribed.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Inspectors and their powers and functions.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Powers to control, supply, distribution etc. of molasses.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) for controlling the price at which and the manner in which molasses may be bought or sold generally or for any industrial purpose;\n(b) for regulating by licences, permits or otherwise the storage supply, transport, distribution, disposal, acquisition, possession, use or consumption of molasses;\n(c) for requiring any person or occupier of a sugar factory to sell molasses, held in stock by him or produced or to be produced in his factory, to the State Government to the exclusion, complete or partial, of others or to such person or class of persons and in such circumstances and upon such terms as may be specified in the order;\n(d) for the taking of samples and grading and testing of molasses;\n(e) for regulating or prohibiting any class of commercial or financial transactions relating to molasses, which in the opinion of the State Government are, or, if unregulated, are likely to be, detrimental to the public interest;\n(f) for collecting any information or statistics with a view to regulating or prohibiting any of the aforesaid matters;\n(g) for requiring occupiers of sugar factories and persons engaged in the production, supply or distribution of, or trade and commerce in, molasses, to maintain and produce for inspection of such books, accounts and records relating to their business and to furnish such information relating thereto, as may be specified in the order ; and\n(h) for any incidental and supplementary matters, including in particular the grant or issue of licences, permits or other documents, their terms and conditions and the charging of fees therefore.\n(a) where the price can consistently with the controlled price, if any, be fixed by agreement, the price so agreed upon\n(b) where no such agreement can be reached, the price calculated with reference to the controlled price, if any, fixed under this Section; and\n(c) where neither clause (a) nor clause (b) applies, the price calculated at the market rate prevailing in the locality at the date of sale.\n(a) in the case of an order of a general nature of affecting a class of persons, be notified in the Official Gazette ;\n(b) in the case of an order affecting an individual, Corporation or firm, be served in the manner provided for the service of a summons in rule 2 of Order XXIX or rule 3 of Order XXX as the case may be, in the First Schedule of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908); and\n(c) in the case of an order directed to a specified individual, be served on such individual-\n(i) by personally delivering or tendering to him the order, or\n(ii) by post, or\n(iii) where the individual cannot be found, by leaving an authentic copy of the order with some adult male member of his family, or by affixing such copy to some conspicuous part of the premises in which he is known to have last resided or carried on business or worked for gain.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Offence, penalty and forfeiture.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Offences by companies.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) `Company' means a body corporate, and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and\n(b) `Director' in relation to a firm means a partner in the firm.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Cognizance of offences.", "chapter": null, "content": "(b) No court inferior to that of [a Metropolitan Magistrate] or a Magistrate of the First Class shall try any offence punishable under this Act.\n(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in [the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973] (II of 1974), an offence punishable under this Act shall be cognizable and bailable.\n[10. Compounding of offences.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Officers empowered to investigate offences.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Powers of entry, search, seizure and arrest.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) enter and search at all reasonable times, any premises in which he has reason to believe that any molasses in respect of which an offence punishable under this Act has been or is about to be committed is kept or concealed and seize such molasses and any box, receptacle, package or covering containing such molasses;\n(b) seize in any open place or in transit any molasses in respect of which he had reason to believe that any offence punishable under this Act has been committed and also any box, receptacle, package or covering containing such molasses;\n(c) seize any books, accounts, documents or statements relating to transactions in the molasses so seized;\n(d) detain, search and arrest any person whom he has reason to believe to be guilty of any offence punishable under this Act.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "13", "title": "13. Provisions of Criminal Procedure Code to apply to investigations, etc.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Report of seizure of molasses to Magistrate.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Delegation of powers.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. Exemptions.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "17", "title": "17. Powers of State Government to call for and examine records of proceedings.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 }, { "number": "18", "title": "18. Officers and persons acting under the Act to be public servants.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 16 }, { "number": "19", "title": "19. Bar of proceedings.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 17 }, { "number": "20", "title": "20. Power to make rules.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) prescribe the specifications and tests in respect of the purity of molasses.\n(b) prescribe the other functions of the Molasses Board and the procedure for the conduct of its business and the performance of its functions.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 18 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "guj119", "Act Number": "Bombay Act No. 38 of 1956", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "1956", "Short Title": "The Bombay Molasses (Control) Act, 1956", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Gujarat" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19" }