Bare Act

The Bombay Rationing (Preparatory and Continuance) Measures Act, 1947

This Act was enacted to facilitate the rationing of essential goods in the Province of Bombay. It empowers the government to identify premises by numbering them and to collect statistical data regarding residents and various establishments, such as hotels, mills, and hospitals. By creating a framework for gathering this information, the government could effectively manage the distribution of scarce resources. For the ordinary citizen, this meant a legal obligation to provide accurate information to authorized officers and allow them access to premises, provided that social and religious customs were respected. It essentially served as a logistical tool for state-managed resource distribution.

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