Section 16C
Power of Central Government on completion of investigation.
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[16C. Power of Central Government on completion of investigation.--(1) If, after making or
causing to be made any such investigation as is referred to in sub-section (1) of section 16B, the Central
Government is satisfied that action under this section is desirable, it may issue such directions to the tea
undertaking or tea unit concerned, as may be appropriate in the circumstances, for all or any of the
following purposes, namely:--
(a) regulating the production of tea by the tea undertaking or, as the case may be, tea unit and fixing the standards of production;
(b) requiring the tea undertaking or, as the case may be, tea unit to take such steps as the Central Government considers necessary to stimulate the production, manufacture or plantation, of tea;
(c) prohibiting the tea undertaking or, as the case may be, tea unit from resorting to any act or practice which might reduce its production, capacity or economic value;
(d) controlling the prices, or regulating the distribution, of tea produced or manufactured by the tea undertaking or, as the case may be, tea unit.
(2) Where a case relating to any tea undertaking or tea unit is under investigation, the Central Government may issue, at any time, any direction of the nature referred to in sub-section (1) to the tea undertaking or the tea unit concerned and any such direction shall have effect until it is varied or revoked by the Central Government.]
(a) regulating the production of tea by the tea undertaking or, as the case may be, tea unit and fixing the standards of production;
(b) requiring the tea undertaking or, as the case may be, tea unit to take such steps as the Central Government considers necessary to stimulate the production, manufacture or plantation, of tea;
(c) prohibiting the tea undertaking or, as the case may be, tea unit from resorting to any act or practice which might reduce its production, capacity or economic value;
(d) controlling the prices, or regulating the distribution, of tea produced or manufactured by the tea undertaking or, as the case may be, tea unit.
(2) Where a case relating to any tea undertaking or tea unit is under investigation, the Central Government may issue, at any time, any direction of the nature referred to in sub-section (1) to the tea undertaking or the tea unit concerned and any such direction shall have effect until it is varied or revoked by the Central Government.]
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 75 of 1976, s. 2 (w.e.f. 11-6-1976).