Section 13
Limitations to the extension of tea cultivation.
About this Act
An Act to provide for the control by the Union of the Tea industry, including the control, in pursuance of the International Agreement now in force, of the cultivation of tea in, and of the export of tea from, India and for that purpose to establish a Tea Board and levy a duty of excise on tea produced in India.
(1) Subject to the provisions contained in
sections 15 and 16, the total area of land in respect of which the permission referred to in section 12 may
be granted, shall not exceed such area as may be determined by the Board under the general instructions
of the Central Government.
(2) The total area of land in any State in respect of which such permission may be granted shall be such as may be determined by the Board:
Provided that the Board may vary the total area so determined for any State in order to increase or diminish for another State the area in respect of which such permission may be granted by an amount corresponding to the extent to which the area in the first mentioned State has been diminished or increased.
(3) The Board shall publish the total area determined for India as well as the total areas determined for the various States by notification in the Official Gazette of the Central Government as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act and shall in like manner publish any subsequent variation of such total areas.
(2) The total area of land in any State in respect of which such permission may be granted shall be such as may be determined by the Board:
Provided that the Board may vary the total area so determined for any State in order to increase or diminish for another State the area in respect of which such permission may be granted by an amount corresponding to the extent to which the area in the first mentioned State has been diminished or increased.
(3) The Board shall publish the total area determined for India as well as the total areas determined for the various States by notification in the Official Gazette of the Central Government as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act and shall in like manner publish any subsequent variation of such total areas.