Power to declare famine and scarcity areas and to fix standard prices

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(1) The Provincial Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that a state of famine or scarcity prevails in any local area in the Province; and thereupon the said area shall be deemed to be a famine area or a scarcity area, as the case may be, for the purposes of this Act for such period as the Provincial Government may direct.
(2) On a declaration being made under sub-section (1), the Provincial Government may also by like notification declare that all contracts for the sale of fodder or grain of any kind entered into on or after the date specified in the notification shall be subject to the provisions of this Act.
(3) The Provincial Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, fix a standard price for the sale of fodder or grain in any famine area or scarcity area or in such other areas as may be specified in the notification.

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