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The Gujarat Cotton Control Act, 1963
The Gujarat Cotton Control Act, 1963
Sections
1. Short title and extent.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 23. Power to fix in any area variety of cotton which may be cultivated, etc.
Section 34. Permission to factories to mix standard cotton with another standard cotton or any prohibited variety of cotton with standard cotton.
Section 45. Penalty.
Section 56. Confiscation.
Section 67. Procedure in confiscation.
Section 78. Compounding of offences.
Section 89. Power of entry and seizure.
Section 910. Duty of owner, occupier and person in charge to give facilities for inspection by authorised officer.
Section 1011. Previous sanction.
Section 1112. Cognizance of offences.
Section 1213. Magistrate's power to impose enhanced penalties.
Section 1314. Protection for acts done under this Act.
Section 1415. Officer acting under Act to be public servant.
Section 1516. Power to make rules.
Section 1617. Repeal and savings.
Section 17
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"content": "(a) \"controlled area\" means an area specified in a notification under Section 3;\n(b) \"cotton\" includes cotton plant, ginned and unginned cotton, cotton waste, cotton seed and kalas;\n(c) \"Director of Agriculture\" means the officer appointed for the time being by the State Government to be the Director of Agriculture, State of Gujarat and includes any officer appointed by the State Government to exercise all or any of the powers conferred and to perform all or any of the duties imposed on the Director of Agriculture by or under this Act in so far as the exercise of powers and performance of duties for which such appointment is made are concerned;\n(d) \"prohibited variety of cotton\" for any area means the variety of cotton the cultivation of which is prohibited in such area under sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 3;\n(e) \"sample\" means a sample of cotton taken under the provisions of this Act or of any rules made thereunder;\n(f) \"standard cotton\" for any area means the variety of cotton the cultivation of which is permitted in such area under sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 3.",
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"content": "(i) fixing the variety of cotton the cultivation of which shall be permitted in such area,\n(ii) prohibiting the cultivation of any other variety of cotton in such area,\n(iii) prohibiting in such area the mixing of any standard cotton with any other standard cotton or of the variety of cotton specified in sub-clause (ii) with any standard cotton, and\n(iv) prohibiting or restricting in such area the possession or use of or trade, in any standard cotton mixed with any other standard cotton or the variety of cotton specified in sub-clause (ii) whether or not mixed with any standard cotton.\n(b) Every such notification shall also be published in the Gujarati language and in such manner as the Collector thinks fit at the office of the Mamlatdar or Mahalkari in the area and in every town and village persons residing in which are, in the opinion of the Collector, likely to be affected by such notification.\n(c) Every such notification shall state that any objection or suggestion which may be received by the State Government within the period specified in the notification which shall be not less than three months from the date of the notification shall be considered by the State Government.\n(i) fix the variety of cotton the cultivation of which is permitted in such area,\n(ii) prohibit the cultivation of any other variety of cotton in such area,\n(iii) prohibit in such area the mixing of any standard cotton with any other standard cotton or of the variety of cotton specified in sub-clause (ii) with any standard cotton and\n(iv) prohibit or restrict in such area the possession or use of or trade in any standard cotton mixed with any other standard cotton or the variety of cotton specified in sub-clause (ii), whether or not mixed with any standard cotton.\n(b) Every such notification shall also be published in the Gujarati language and in such manner as the Collector thinks fit at the office of the Mamdatdar or Mahalkari in the area and in every town and village persons residing in which are, in the opinion of the Collector, likely to be affected by such notification.",
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"title": "4. Permission to factories to mix standard cotton with another standard cotton or any prohibited variety of cotton with standard cotton.",
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"content": "(a) is not made into fully pressed bales and\n(b) is used in such factory exclusively in the manufacture of yarn of cloth.\n(i) a register containing the daily record of cotton other than standard cotton received into and used in the factory; and\n(ii) a register containing the daily record or standard cotton received into and used in the factory.",
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"content": "(a) cultivates any prohibited variety of cotton shall on conviction be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for the first offence and to two thousand rupees for every subsequent offence,\n(b) (i) mixes or causes to be mixed any standard cotton with any other standard cotton or any prohibited variety of cotton with the standard cotton, or (ii) possesses, uses or trades in any standard cotton mixed with any other standard cotton or any prohibited variety of cotton whether mixed with the standard cotton or not, shall on conviction be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for the first offence and with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees or with both for every subsequent offence.\n(a) in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 4 makes the mixed cotton into fully pressed bales or uses the mixed cotton otherwise than in the manufacture of yarn or cloth in his factory or\n(b) fails to comply with any of the provisions of sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) of Section 4,",
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"title": "9. Power of entry and seizure.",
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"content": "(a) enter upon any land in a controlled area in which he knows or has reason to believe that any prohibited variety of cotton has been or is being cultivated in contravention of notification under Section 3 uproot or causes to be uprooted such cotton and seize the cotton so uprooted; or\n(b) enter upon or into any land building ship vessel, vehicle or place in a controlled area in which he knows of has reason to believe that any prohibited variety of cotton, whether mixed with the standard cotton or not is kept in contravention of a notification under Section 3, and seize such cotton.\n(a) shall forthwith take a sample of the cotton so seized and shall then and there separate the sample into three equal parts and securely pack and seal each part with his seal in the presence of the occupier or person in charge of the land, building, ship, vessel, vehicle or place on or in which such seizure was made (hereinafter referred to in this section as \"person aforesaid\") and also of two witnesses; and where such occupier or person aforesaid desires to seal each of such parts with his seal also the parts shall also be sealed with the seal of such occupier or person aforesaid; and\n(b) subject to rules made under Section 16 shall send without delay one of the parts of the sample to such officer as may be authorised by the State Government in that behalf for examination who shall examine the sample and send his report to the Director of Agriculture;\n(c) shall deliver another part to the occupier or person aforesaid and retain the remaining part with himself; and then\n(d) shall either entrust the remainder of the seized cotton to the occupier or person aforesaid (on his giving an undertaking in writing to produce it before any criminal court if the officer requires him so to do) or make other arrangements for its custody; and\n(e) shall make a report of such seizure to the nearest Magistrate having jurisdiction to try the offence committed in respect of cotton seized specifying therein the particulars of such cotton and furnish a copy of such particulars to be occupier or person aforesaid.",
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"content": "(a) the Bombay Cotton Control Act, 1942 (Bombay XXX of 1942) and\n(b) the Saurashtra Cotton Control Act, 1955 (Saurashtra Act XXXI of 1955), shall stand repealed:\n(1) (i) affect the previous operation of any law so repealed or anything duly done or suffered thereunder;\n(ii) affect any right, privilege obligation or liability acquired accused or incurred under any law so repealed;\n(iii) affect any penalty forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any law so repealed; or\n(iv) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid.\n(2) and that any such investigation legal proceeding or remedy may be continued instituted or enforced and any such penalty forfeiture and punishment may be imposed as if the aforesaid laws had not been repealed:",
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