Power to regulate cultivation, etc., in controlled areas

(1) The Government may, by notification, in respect of any area specified therein — (i) fix the variety or varieties of cotton the cultivation of which is permitted in such area ; or (ii) prohibit the cultivation in such area of any specified variety of cotton other than any variety fixed under clause (i) ; or (iii) prohibit or restrict in such area the possession of, or trade in (a) any variety of standard cotton which is mixed with any other variety of standard cotton in contravention of any notification or (b) any prohibited variety of cotton. (2) Every notification under sub-section (1) shall be published in the Fort St. George Gazette and in such other manner as may be prescribed. (3) Every notification under sub-section (1) shall also be published in the regional language of the area concerned in the prescribed manner.