Functions of the Board

The Board shall advise the State Government on the following matters— (a) matters pertaining to the regulation of supply and purchase of cane for sugar factories; (b) the varieties of cane which are suitable or unsuitable for use in sugar factories; (c) the maintenance of healthy relations between occupiers or managers of factories, cane-growers, Cane-growers' Co-operative Societies and purchasing agents; and (d) such other matters as may be prescribed. (1) The Cane Commissioner may, after consultation with the factory concerned, reserve any area (hereinafter called the reserved area) for the purposes of the supply of sugarcane to a factory in accordance with the provisions of section 16 and in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) The Cane Commissioner may also direct that sugarcane shall not be purchased or sold in any area other than the reserved area except under and in accordance with the provisions of a permit issued in that behalf.