The Kerala Gift Goods (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1963

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THL KERALA GIFT GOODS (UNLAWFUL POSS~SSION) ACT, 1963

(Act 6 of 1963)

(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Gift Goods (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1963. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. (3) It shall come into force at once.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-. (1) " gift goods " means any of the following goods, namely:- (a) corn-meal ; (b) milk powder ; (c) vegetable oil (soya bean oil or sunflower seed oil) supplied, by way of gift, by any relief organisation to any State Government or to the Central Government or to any other person on behalf of such Government ; (2) " relief organisation " means any organisation specified in the Schedule.

If any person is found, or is proved to have been, in possession of any gift goods reasonably suspected of being stolen or unlawfully obtained, and cannot account satisfactorily how he came by the same, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Central Act 5 of 1898) any offence under this Act shall be deemed to be a cognizable offence within the meaning of that Code. (2) No court below that of a Magistrate of the First Class shall try any offence under this Act.

The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, add any organisation to, or omit any organisation from, the Schedule; and on the publication of such notification, such organisation shall be deemed to be included in, or as the case may be, omitted from, the Schedule.

Every notification issued under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is issued, before the Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid, or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the notification or decides that the notification should not be issued, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that notification.

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