Act Number: 24

Act Name: The Rubber Act, 1947

Year: 1947

Enactment Date: 1947-04-18

Long Title: An Act to provide for the development under the control of the Union of the rubber industry.

Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department: Department of Commerce

Section 17: Licences for planting or replanting.
    1[17. Licences for planting or replanting.--(1) No person shall plant or replant rubber except under and in accodance with the conditions of a special licence issued by the Board.
     (2) A licence issued under this section shall specify the area in which rubber may be planted or replanted and the period for which the licence shall be valid.
     (3) No licence issued under this section shall be transferable except with the land to which it relates.]
Notes:
1. Section 17 shall stand substituted (date to be notified) by Act 4 of 2010, s. 9 read as under:
"17. Implementation of standards for quality, marking, etc., for rubber.--(1) The Board shall implement the standards for quality, marking, labelling and packing for various marketable forms of rubber, for the rubber produced or processed in, imported into or exported from, India.
(2) Any officer of the Board authorised by the Chairman may at any reasonable time inspect the rubber sold or purchased by any dealer or processor at any factory or other premises of a dealer, processor or manufacturer or exporter for the purpose of ensuring the compliance of the standards under sub-section (1)."
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