Section 40
Removal of tea planted without permission.
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.
Where any person has been convicted of any
offence under section 39, the convicting Court may direct that the tea in respect of which the offence was
committed shall be removed from the land within a specified time, and in the event of the order not being duly complied with, may cause the tea to be removed and may recover the cost from the person convicted
as if it were an arrear of land revenue due on the tea estate on which the offence was committed.