Act Number: 10

Act Name: The Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987

Year: 1987

Enactment Date: 1987-05-09

Long Title: An Act to provide for the compulsory use of jute packaging material in the supply and distribution of certain commodities in the interests of production of raw jute and jute packaging material, and of persons engaged in the production thereof, and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Textiles

Department:

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
         (a) "commodity" means--
             (i) any essential commodity;
             (ii) any article manufactured or produced by any scheduled industry;
         (b) "essential commodity" shall have the same meaning as in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955);
         (c) "jute packaging material" means jute, jute yarn, jute twine, jute sacking cloth, hessian cloth, jute bags or any other packaging material containing not less than seventy-five per cent., by weight, of jute;
         (d) "scheduled industry" shall have the same meaning as in the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951);
         (e) "Standing Advisory Committee" means the Standing Advisory Committee constituted under section 4.
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