Act Number: 7

Act Name: The Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980

Year: 1980

Enactment Date: 1980-02-12

Long Title: An Act to provide for detention in certain cases for the purpose of prevention of blackmarketing and maintenance of supplies of commodities essential to the community and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Consumer Affairs

Section 9: Constitution of Advisory Boards.
        (1) The Central Government and each State Government shall, whenever necessary, constitute one or more Advisory Boards for the purposes of this Act.
         1[(2) Every such Board shall consist of three persons who are, or have been, or are qualified to be appointed as, Judges of a High Court, and such persons shall be appointed by the appropriate Government.
         (3) The appropriate Government shall appoint one of the members of the Advisory Board who is, or has been, a Judge of a High Court to be its Chairman, and in the case of a Union territory, the appointment to the Advisory Board of any person who is a Judge of the High Court of a State shall be with the previous approval of the State Government concerned.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1981, s. 2, for sub-sections (2) and (3) and the Explanation (w.e.f. 2-9-1981).
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