The Punjab Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1955
The Punjab Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1955
The Punjab Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1955 regulates the operational, structural, and commercial standards of cotton ginning and pressing units in the region. It mandates factory owners to maintain detailed operational registers, submit weekly production statistics, mark pressed bales with unique identity codes, and adhere to strict structural and moisture standards to prevent cotton adulteration. For ordinary citizens, farmers, and textile traders, the Act ensures fair trade by preventing artificial weight inflation through deliberate watering or foreign waste mixing, protecting buyers from fraudulent practices, and empowering government inspectors to enforce safety and quality controls across the cotton processing chain.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 3. Maintenance of registers
- 5. Penalty for watering etc.
- 6. Examination of cotton packages or bales
- 7. Entry and inspection
- 8. Marking of bales
- 9. Returns
- 11. Fixation of pressing and ginning factory charges
- 12. Liability of lessee or mortgagee as owner
- 13. Liability on transfer of ownership
- 14. Structural requirements for factories
- 15. Restriction on closing of factories
- 17. Cognizance of offences
- 18. Powers of the Central Government to make rules
- 19. Power to reject unmarked bales in contract
- 20. Protection of persons under the Act
- 21. Penalty for obstruction and for failure to produce documents
- 22. Penalty
- 23. Repeal and savings
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