Bare Act
The Bombay Fodder and Grain Control Act, 1939
General19399 sections
The Bombay Fodder and Grain Control Act, 1939, was enacted to manage essential food supplies and animal feed during times of crisis. It empowers the government to declare specific regions as "famine" or "scarcity" areas when food becomes dangerously scarce. Once declared, the government can cap prices to prevent hoarding and price gouging, and restrict the movement of these goods out of the affected area to ensure local availability. For citizens, this means that traders cannot charge above the government-set price, and moving grain or fodder out of a restricted zone requires official permission. It protects the public from exploitation during emergencies.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Power to declare famine and scarcity areas and to fix standard prices
- 4. Sum in excess of the standard price not to be recovered
- 5. Prohibition against removal of fodder or grain from any local area
- 6. Sums in excess of standard price not to be recoverable
- 7. Penalty for contravention of section 4 or
- 8. Rules
PDF: pending for this language.