Bare Act
The Bombay Molasses (Control) Act, 1956
General195620 sections
The Bombay Molasses (Control) Act, 1956, is a regulatory law designed to manage the production, supply, and distribution of molasses—a byproduct of sugar manufacturing. By empowering the State Government to set prices, issue licenses, and regulate trade, the Act ensures that molasses remains available at fair rates for essential industries like distilleries. It establishes a Molasses Board for advisory purposes and appoints Inspectors to monitor compliance. For the ordinary citizen or business owner, this law prevents hoarding and price manipulation, ensuring that this vital industrial resource is distributed equitably across the state.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Molasses Board, its constitution and procedure
- 4. Functions of Molasses Board
- 5. Inspectors and their powers and functions
- 6. Powers to control supply, distribution etc., of Molasses
- 7. Offence, penalty and forfeiture
- 8. Offences by companies
- 9. Cognizance of offences
- 10. Compounding of offences
- 11. Officers empowered to investigate offences
- 12. Powers of entry, search, seizure and arrest
- 13. Provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code to apply to investigations, etc
- 14. Report of seizure of molasses to Magistrate
- 15. Delegation of powers
- 16. Exemptions
- 17. Power of State Government to call for and examine records
- 18. Officers and persons acting under the Act to be public servants
- 19. Bar of proceedings
- 20. Power to make rules
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