The Kerala Cashew Factories (Requisitioning) Act, 1979
The Kerala Cashew Factories (Requisitioning) Act, 1979
This Act empowers the Kerala government to temporarily take control of local cashew processing factories. It applies to cashew factory owners, workers, and the public Cashew Development Corporation, which manages the requisitioned facilities. The law matters because it prevents widespread mass unemployment and protects cashew workers from poor labor conditions. When owners cannot run factories properly and choose to sell or lease them to private individuals, the government steps in to run them. Owners receive rental compensation determined by a specialized tribunal, thereby balancing the livelihood security of vulnerable laborers with property owner rights under active state government administrative oversight.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.─(1) This Act may be called the Kerala
- 2. Definitions.─In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,─
- 3. Power to requisition cashew factories.─(1) Where the Government are satisfied that if the owner of a cashew factory
- 4. Release from requisition.─(1) The Government may at any time release from requisition any cashew factory requisitioned
- 5. Payment of amount.─(1) Where any cashew factory is requisitioned under this Act there shall be paid rent for that
- 6. Tribunal.─(1) The Government shall, by notification in the Gazette, appoint a
- 7. Appeals from decision of Tribunal.─Any person aggrieved by any decision of the
- 8. Mode of payment of rent.─The amount of rent payable under this Act shall, subject to any rules made thereunder, be paid
- 9. Service of notice or order.─(1) Every notice or order issued or made under this Act shall,─
- 10. Protection of action taken in good faith.─(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any
- 11. Bar of jurisdiction of civil courts.─Save as otherwise expressly provided in this
- 12. Power to make rules.─(1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette,
- 13. Repeal and saving.─(1) The Kerala Cashew Factories (Requisitioning) Ordinance, 1978 (26 of 1978), is hereby repealed.
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