Bare Act
The Gujarat Cotton Control Act, 1963
General196318 sections
This law empowers the Gujarat government to designate specific areas as "controlled zones" where it can ban the cultivation of cotton varieties deemed undesirable or harmful to the state's agricultural standards. It also gives the state authority to strictly regulate the buying, selling, moving, and distribution of cotton and cotton seeds within those zones, ensuring that only authorized crops are used. By allowing officials to inspect properties and seize illegal stock, the Act aims to protect the quality and commercial integrity of cotton production throughout Gujarat.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Power to declare controlled areas
- 4. Power to prohibit cultivation of prohibited variety of cotton
- 5. Power to prohibit or restrict possession, use or movement of prohibited variety of cotton
- 6. Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the possession of any prohibited variety of cotton for the purpose of carrying on any research or experiment in or relating to cotton.
- 7. Power of Government to distribute seeds
- 8. Power of entry and inspection
- 9. Power to seize and destroy cotton and cotton seed
- 10. Duty of certain officers to report offence
- 11. Power of entry into land or premises
- 12. Punishment for contravention of provisions of Act or orders, etc
- 13. Composition of offences
- 14. Cognizance of offences
- 15. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 16. Delegation of powers
- 17. Power to make rules
- 18. Repeal and saving
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