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 39: Penalty for illicit cultivation.
    Whoever knowingly plants tea or causes tea to be planted on any land in contravention of section 12 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees for the first offence, and with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees for any subsequent offence.
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