Act 7 of 1942

The Coffee Act, 1942

An Act to provide for the development under the control of the Union of the coffee industry.

  • Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • Department of Commerce
  • Enacted 1942-03-02
  • 58 sections
SectionTitle
1 Short title, extent and duration.Read
2 Declaration as to expediency of Union control.Read
3 Definitions.Read
4 Constitution of the Board.Read
5 Incorporation of the Board.Read
6 Vesting of property in the Board.Read
6A Consultation with the Board.Read
7 Committees, staff and agents.Read
8 Salary and allowances of Chairman.Read
8A Vice-Chairman.Read
9 Chief Coffee Marketing Officer, Secretary and other Staff.Read
10 Dissolution of the Board.Read
11 [Repealed.].Read
12 [Repealed.].Read
13 [Repealed.].Read
14 Registration of owners of coffee estates.Read
15 Power of State Government to make rules.Read
16 Fixation of prices for sale of coffee.Read
17 Sale of coffee in excess of free sale quota.Read
18 Sale of coffee, how made.Read
19 [Repealed.].Read
20 Export of coffee.Read
21 Re-import of coffee exported from India.Read
22 Free sale quota.Read
23 Returns to be made by registered owners.Read
24 Licences for sale of uncured coffee.Read
25 Surplus coffee and surplus pool.Read
26 Sales of coffee by the Board.Read
27 Coffee to be cured in licensed curing establishments.Read
28 Licensing of curing establishments.Read
29 Information to be supplied to the Board in connection with curing.Read
30 Separate funds to be maintained by the Board.Read
31 General fund.Read
32 Pool fund.Read
32A Power of the Board to make donation to the Gandhi National Memorial Fund.Read
33 Power to borrow.Read
34 Payments to registered owners.Read
35 Failure to register.Read
36 Contraventions of sections 16, 17 and 18.Read
37 Unlicensed curing establishment.Read
37A Contravention of section 23(1).Read
38 False returns.Read
38A Contravention of section 25.Read
38B Powers to seize coffee withheld from inclusion in surplus pool.Read
39 Obstruction.Read
39A Offences by companies.Read
40 Cognizance of offences.Read
41 [Repealed.].Read
42 Control by the Central Government.Read
43 Appeals to the Central Government.Read
44 Inspection of records.Read
45 Accounts of the Board.Read
46 Inspection of records of the Board and obtaining of copies.Read
47 Contracts.Read
47A Bar of legal proceedings.Read
48 Power of the Central Government to make rules.Read
49 Repeal of Act 14 of 1935.Read
50 [Repealed.].Read
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