Section 3:
Declaration of controlled areas and fixing of prices.
(1) The 1[State] Government may, by
notification in the 2[Official Gazette], declare any areas specified in the notification to be a controlled area
for the purposes of this Act.
(2)
3*** The 1[State] Government may, by notification in the 2[Official Gazette], fix a minimum price
or minimum prices for the purchase in any controlled area of sugar-cane intended for use in any factory.
(3) The 1[State] Government may, by notification in the 2[Official Gazette] prohibit in any controlled
area the purchase of sugar-cane intended for use in any factory otherwise than from the grower of the
sugar-cane or from a person licensed by the 5
[State] Government to act as a purchasing agent.
Notes:
1. Subs., ibid., for "Provincial".
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "local Official Gazette".
3. The words "Subject to the control of the Governor-General in Council" omitted by the A.O. 1937 (1-4-1937).