Bare Act
The Gujarat Minor Forest Produce Trade Nationalisation Act, 1979
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This Gujarat law gives the state government and its appointed agents a monopoly over the buying, selling, and transporting of specific forest products like timru leaves and mhowra flowers. It applies to anyone growing or trading these minor forest produce items within the state. The main purpose is to nationalize the trade to ensure fair prices for growers and prevent middlemen from exploiting them, effectively transferring control to the Gujarat State Forest Development Corporation to manage the market and distribution of these resources.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. SECTIONS.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Restriction on sale, purchase or transport of minor forest produce.
- 4. Fixation of price by State Government in consultation with Committee.
- 5. Constitution of units.
- 6. Appointment of agents.
- 7. Constitution of Advisory Committee.
- 8. Setting up purchasing centres and depots.
- 9. Purchase of Minor forest produce.
- 10. Appeal.
- 11. Registration.
- 12. Disposal of minor forest produce.
- 13. Delegation of powers.
- 14. Power of entry, search, seizure etc.
- 15. Penalty.
- 16. Attempts and abetment.
- 17. Cognizance of offence.
- 18. Protection of action taken in good faith.
- 19. Declaration that Act gives effect to certain directive principles.
- 20. Power to make rules.
- 21. Indian Forest Act not to apply to minor forest produce for purposes covered
- 22. Removal of difficulties.
- 23. Repeal and saving.
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