Act Number: 29

Act Name: The Tea Act, 1953

Year: 1953

Enactment Date: 1953-05-28

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department: Department of Commerce

Section 37: Penalty for making false return.
    Any person who being required by or under this Act to furnish any return fails to furnish such return or furnishes a return containing any particular which is false and which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.
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