Bare Act
The Goa Oil Palm (Regulation of Production and Processing) Act, 1998
General199822 sections
This Act governs the cultivation of oil palm and the processing of its products throughout the entire state of Goa. It establishes a Project Management Committee and an Oil Palm Commissioner to oversee the industry. The law applies to anyone who grows oil palm, including individual farmers, cooperative societies, and companies, as well as any factory involved in processing the fresh fruit bunches. By setting up these regulatory bodies and defining the scope of operations, the government aims to ensure the orderly development and management of the oil palm sector in the state.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Constitution and term of office of the Goa Oil Palm Project Management Committee.
- 4. Duties of the Committee.
- 5. Appointment of Oil Palm Commissioner.
- 6. Appointment of Oil Palm Inspectors.
- 7. Declaration of factory zone.
- 8. Refusing purchase of fresh fruit bunches.
- 9. Price fixation of FFBs.
- 10. Powers of entry and inspection of records/registers maintained.
- 11. Compounding an offence.
- 12. Penalties.
- 13. Jurisdiction of court.
- 14. Immunity to implementing authority.
- 15. Offences by firms, companies or co-operative societies.
- 16. Payments to be made for purchased FFBs.
- 17. Taxation.
- 18. Use of tax.
- 19. Enquiry by Commissioner.
- 20. Delegation of powers.
- 21. Power to make rules.
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