Section 33
Licensing brokers, tea manufacturers, etc.
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.
The Central Government may whenever it thinks
it necessary so to do, by notification in the Official Gazette require that no person shall on and from such
date as may be specified in the notification engage himself as a broker, manufacturer or dealer in tea
waste or engage himself in the business of blending tea except under and in accordance with the
provisions of a licence issued by the Board in accordance with the rules made under this Act; and any
person who on and after such date so engages himself without obtaining a licence issued by the Board
shall be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this section.