Section 16J
Power of Central Government to make certain declarations in relation to tea undertakings or tea units
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[16J. Power of Central Government to make certain declarations in relation to tea undertakings
or tea units.--The Central Government may, if it is satisfied in relation to a tea undertaking, tea unit or
any part thereof, the management or control of which has been taken over under section 16D or under
section 16E or under section 16-I, that it is necessary so do in the interests of the general public with a
view to preventing fall in the volume of the production of tea, exercise in relation to such tea undertaking
or tea unit or part thereof the same powers as are exercisable by it in relation to an industrial undertaking
under section 18FB of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951),, and the said
section and the Third Schedule referred to therein shall apply to a tea undertaking or tea unit accordingly.]
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 75 of 1976, s. 2 (w.e.f. 11-6-1976).