Section 2
Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union.
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.
It is hereby declared that it is expedient
in the public interest that Union should take under its control the tea industry.