West Bengal Jute (Control of Prices) Act, 1950
No: 6 Dated: Mar, 15 1950
THE WEST BENGAL JUTE (CONTROL OF PRICES) ACT, 1950
West Bengal Act VI of 1950
An Act to provide for the control of the price of jute.
Whereas it is expedient to provide for the control of the price of jute in the manner hereinafter appearing;
It is hereby enacted as follows :-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Jute (Control of Prices) Act, 1950.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
(3) It shall come into force on the date on which the West Bengal Jute (Control of Prices) Ordinance, 1949, ceases to operate.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a) "jute" means the fibre of any plant belonging to any species of the genus Corchorus and commonly called pat, kosta, nalia or bimalipatam and includes also the fibre of the plant hibiscus cannabin us, commonly called mesta;
(b) "pucca bale" means a package containing any jute or jute cuttings (together with any waste product or moisture, if any) pressed by any hydraulic or any power-driven machinery and commonly known in the jute trade as a pucca bale;
(c) "raw jute" means jute which has not been subjected to any process of spinning or weaving and includes jute or jute cuttings, whether loose or packed in bales or drums and whether or not containing any waste product or moisture;
(d) "surplus raw jute" means raw jute in the possession or control of any person in excess of the quantity for which he holds for the time being a valid export license under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1947;
(e) "waste product" means strippings, odd filaments or fragments, droppings, sweepings, or other waste product of jute and includes also articles commonly known in the jute trade as hiji biji.
3. Maximum prices. - (1) The State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette fix the maximum prices which may be charged for pucca bales or for surplus raw jute (not being pucca bales).
(2) Different maximum prices may be fixed under sub-section (1) for pucca bales or surplus raw jute (not being pucca bales), according to the quality, variety or trade description of the jute or jute cuttings contained in such pucca bales or according to the quality, variety or trade description of such surplus raw jute.
4. Sale and purchase to be at prices not exceeding maximum. - No person shall sell or agree to sell or offer to sell and no person shall buy or agree to buy or offer to by any pucca bales or any surplus raw jute (not being pucca bales) or any portion of any surplus raw jute at a price exceeding the maximum price fixed therefor under section 3.
5. Power of State Government to issue directions in respect of surplus raw jute. - The State Government may by order in writing direct any person having any surplus raw jute in his possession or control to sell such surplus raw jute or any portion thereof to any specified person or persons at a price not exceeding the maximum price fixed therefor under section 3 and the person so directed shall comply with the order.