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MANUAL ON AGRICULTURE LAW

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GENERAL CONTENTS

PART-II

VOLUME II

PROCESSED FOOD & STANDARDS ......................................................................................... 1

1. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

Act, 1985.................................................................................................................................2

2. Food Corporations Act, 1964 .............................................................................................22

3. Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 ...............................................................................48

3.1. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Procedure For

Transaction of Business of The Central Advisory Committee) Regulations, 2010 ...... 93

3.2 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Procedure of Scientific

Committee and Scientific Panels) Regulations, 2010 .................................................... 104

3.3 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Salaries, Allowance and

Other Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2008 .................. 120

3.4 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Transaction of Business

at Its Meetings) Regulations, 2010 .................................................................................. 126

3.5 Food Safety And Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues)

Regulations, 2011 ............................................................................................................. 136

3.6 Food Safety And Standards (Licensing And Registration Of Food

Businesses) Regulations, 2011 ......................................................................................... 169

3.7 Food Safety And Standards (Packaging And Labelling) Regulations,

2011 263

3.8 Food Safety And Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions On Sales)

Regulations, 2011 ............................................................................................................. 307

3.9 Food Safety And Standards (Laboratory And Sample Analysis)

Regulations, 2011. ............................................................................................................ 320

3.10 Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2011 ........................................................... 330

3.11 Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food

Additives) Regulations, 2011 ........................................................................................... 371

4. Fruit Products Order, 1955 ..............................................................................................615

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AGRICULTURE PRODUCE ............................................................................. 1

1. Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 ............................................ 2

1.1 Amla Grading and Marking Rules, 2008 ............................................................ 11

1.2 Castor Seeds (Grading and Marking) Rules, 2011 ............................................ 16

1.3 Guar Grading and Marking Rules, 2011 ............................................................ 21

1.4 Honey Grading and Marking Rules, 2008 .......................................................... 26

1.5 Jatropha Seeds Grading and Marking Rules, 2011 ........................................... 31

1.6 Jaggery Grading and Marking Rules, 2008 ....................................................... 36

1.7 Mahua Flower Grading and Marking Rules, 2008 ............................................ 41

1.8 Mustard Seeds and Rape Seeds (Oil Seed) Grading and Marking Rules,

2012......................................................................................................................... 48

1.9 Organic Agricultural Produce Grading and Marking Rules, 2009 ................. 56

1.10 Tamarind (With Seed) Grading and Marking Rules, 2008 .............................. 71

1.11 Jute & jute textiles control order 2000 ............................................................... 78

1.12 Saffron Grading and Marking Rules, 2012 ........................................................ 82

SEEDS ................................................................................................................. 92

2. The Seeds Act, 1966 ....................................................................................................... 93

2.1 The Seeds (Control) Order, 1983 ....................................................................... 107

3 National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board Act, 1983 .................... 117

LOANS & CESS .............................................................................................. 135

4. Sugar Cess Act, 1982.................................................................................................... 137

INSECTICIDES & PEST ............................................................................... 141

5. Insecticides Act, 1968 ................................................................................................... 142

5.1 Insecticides Rules, 1971 ...................................................................................... 205

6. Monocrotophos (Cancellation Of Certificate Of Registration) ............................... 266

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7. Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914 ..................................................................... 268

7.1 Destructive Insects and Pests (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1992 ......... 274

8. Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 ............................................................ 277

8.1 The Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Rules, 1984 ........................................ 295

FERTILISER’S, OIL PRODUCTS & OTHER RELATED LAW ............ 302

9. The Fertiliser (Control) Order 1985 .......................................................................... 303

10. [The] Vegetable Oil Products (Regulation) Order, 1998 .......................................... 365

11. National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board Act, 1983 ........... 382

12. National Jute Board Act 2008 ..................................................................................... 400

13. Sugar Cane Act, 1934 .................................................................................................. 415

14. Sugar Development Fund Act, 1982 ........................................................................... 419

15. Sugar (Regulation of Production) Act, 1961.............................................................. 424

16. Sugar Undertakings (Taking Over Of Management) Act, 1978.............................. 429

17. Indian Easements Act, 1882 ........................................................................................ 438

18. The Disaster Management Act, 2005 ......................................................................... 463

18.1 Disaster Management (National Disaster Response Force) Rules, 2008 ....... 510

18.2 Disaster Management (Notice of Alleged Offence) Rules, 2007 ..................... 514

18.3 The National Institute of Disaster Management Regulations, 2006 ............... 517

19. Inter-State Water Disputes Act, 1956 ........................................................................ 526

20. The Indian Statistical Institute Act, 1959 .................................................................. 536

21. Coconut Development Board Act, 1979 ..................................................................... 542

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PROCESSED FOOD & STANDARDS .......................................................................... 1

1. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

Act, 1985........................................................................................................................ 2

2. Food Corporations Act, 1964 ........................................................................... 22

3. Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 ............................................................. 48

3.1. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Procedure For

Transaction of Business of The Central Advisory Committee) Regulations,

2010.......................................................................................................................... 93

3.2 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Procedure of Scientific

Committee and Scientific Panels) Regulations, 2010 ........................................ 104

3.3 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Salaries, Allowance and

Other Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2008 ...... 120

3.4 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Transaction of Business

at Its Meetings) Regulations, 2010 ...................................................................... 126

3.5 Food Safety And Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues)

Regulations, 2011 ................................................................................................. 136

3.6 Food Safety And Standards (Licensing And Registration Of Food

Businesses) Regulations, 2011 ............................................................................. 169

3.7 Food Safety And Standards (Packaging And Labelling) Regulations,

2011........................................................................................................................ 263

3.8 Food Safety And Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions On Sales)

Regulations, 2011 ................................................................................................. 307

3.9 Food Safety And Standards (Laboratory And Sample Analysis)

Regulations, 2011. ................................................................................................ 320

3.10 Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2011 ..................................................... 330

3.11 Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food

Additives) Regulations, 2011 ............................................................................... 371

4. Fruit Products Order, 1955 ............................................................................ 615

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HORTICULTURE AND RELATED LAWS ....................................................................................... 1

1. Biological Diversity Act, 2002 .................................................................................................... 2

1.1 Biological Diversity Rules, 2004..................................................................................... 20

2. Cardamom Act, 1965 ................................................................................................................ 46

3. Coffee Act, 1942 ......................................................................................................................... 59

4. Tea Act, 1953 ............................................................................................................................. 76

5. Spices Board Act, 1986 ............................................................................................................. 82

6. Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers-Rights Act, 2001 ................................................ 97

7. Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 ................... 123

7.1 Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Rules, 2002...... 145

8. The Water (Prevention and Control Of Pollution) Act, 1974 ............................................. 220

RELATED LAWS .............................................................................................................................. 239

9. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 .......................................................................................... 240

10. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 ............................................................................................. 267

11. Plantations Labour Act, 1951 ........................................................................................... - 286 -

12. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 .............................................................................................. 304

13. The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 .............................................................. 314

13.1 The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Rules, 1976 ................................................ 325

14. The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 ................................................... 330

15. The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 .............................................................................. 364

15.1. The Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 ................................................................ 376

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ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRY AND FISHERIES ......................................................................1

1. Cattle Trespass Act, 1871 .........................................................................................................2

2. Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of

production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 ..................................................................13

3. Milk and Milk Product Order, 1992 .....................................................................................28

4. Meat Food Products Order,1973 ...........................................................................................64

5. Live-Stock Importation Act, 1898 .........................................................................................91

6. Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act

2009 ...........................................................................................................................................95

7. National Dairy Development Board Act, 1987 ...................................................................118

8. Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984 ..................................................................................142

8.1. Veterinary Council of India (Inspectors and Visitors) ..........................................166

8.2 Veterinary Council of India (Election of the President and Vice-President)

Regulations, 1995. ......................................................................................................173

8.3 Maritime Zones of India Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels Act,

1981 .............................................................................................................................193

9. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 .......................................................................207

9.1 Transport of Animals, Rules, 1978 ..........................................................................229

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BANKING & CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ......................................................... 1

1. Co-Operative Societies Act, 1912 ............................................................... 2

2. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961 ........ 20

3. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 ........... 48

4. Multi-State Co-Operative Societies Act, 2002 ......................................... 89

5. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981 .... 121

6. National Co-Operative Development Corporation Act, 1962 ............. 158

7. Societies Registration Act, 1860 ............................................................. 179

8. State Agricultural Credit Corporations Act, 1968 ............................... 186

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PROCESSED FOOD & STANDARDS

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1. Agricultural and Processed Food Products

Export Development Authority Act, 1985

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Agricultural and Processed Food Products

Export Development Authority Act, 1985

[Act, No. 2 of 1986]

[8th January, 1986]

PREAMBLE

An Act to provide for the establishment of an Authority for the development and

promotion of exports of certain agriculture and processed food products and for

matters connected therewith.

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as

follows: -

Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export

Development Authority Act, 1985.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by

notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for

different provisions of this Act.

Section 2 - Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--

(a) "Authority" means the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export

Development Authority established under Section 4;

(b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Authority;

(c) "export" means taking out of India by land, sea or air;

(d) "exporter" means a person registered as an exporter of Scheduled products

under Section 12;

(e) "member" means a member of the Authority and includes the Chairman;

(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;

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(g) "processing" in relation to1 [Scheduled products or, as the case may be, Special

Products] includes the process of preservation of such products such as canning,

freezing, drying, salting, smoking, peeling or filleting and any other method of

processing which the Authority may, by notification in the Official Gazette,

specify in this behalf;

(h) "regulations" means regulations made under this Act ;

(i) "Scheduled product" means any of the agricultural or processed food products

included in 2 the First Schedule.]

[(j) "Special product" means any of the agricultural or processed food products

included in the Second Schedule.]

Section 3 - Power to amend Schedule

3[3. Power to amend the Schedule - The Central Government may, having regard to the

objects to this Act, and if it considers necessary or expedient so to do, by notification in the

Official Gazette, add to, or, as the case may be, omit from, the First Schedule or the Second

Schedule any agricultural or processed food product and on such addition, or as the case may

be, omission, such product shall be, or shall cease to be, a Scheduled product or Special

product as the case may be.]

Chapter II - AGRICULTURAL AND PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS EXPORT

DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

4[3. Power to amend the Schedule –

The Central Government may, having regard to the objects to this Act, and if it considers

necessary or expedient so to do, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to, or, as the case

may be, omit from, the First Schedule or the Second Schedule any agricultural or processed

food product and on such addition, or as the case may be, omission, such product shall be, or

shall cease to be, a Scheduled product or Special product as the case may be.]

1 Substituted by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 2009

Previous text was"Scheduled products" 2 Substituted by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 2009

Previous text was"the Schedule" 3 . Substituted by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment)

Act, 2009 Previous text was

"The Central Government may, having regard to the objects of this Act, and if it considers necessary or

expedient so to do, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to, or, as the case may be, omit from, the

Schedule any agricultural or processed food product and on such addition, or as the case may be,

omission, such product shall be, or shall cease to be, a Scheduled product." 4 Substituted by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment)

Act, 2009 Previous text was

"The Central Government may, having regard to the objects of this Act, and if it considers necessary or

expedient so to do, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to, or, as the case may be, omit from, the

Schedule any agricultural or processed food product and on such addition, or as the case may be,

omission, such product shall be, or shall cease to be, a Scheduled product."

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Section 4 - Establishment and constitution of the Authority

(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official

Gazette, appoint in this behalf, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act, an

Authority to be called the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development

Authority.

(2) The Authority shall been a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual

succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property,

both movable and immovable, and to contract, and shall by the said name sue and be

sued.

(3) The head office of the Authority shall be at Delhi and the Authority may, with the

previous approval of the Central Government, establish offices or agencies at other

places in or outside India.

(4) The authority shall consist of the following members namely:

(a) a Chairman, to be appointed by the Central Government;

(b) the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India, ex officio;

(c) one member to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the

Planning Commission ;

(d) three members of Parliament of whom two shall be elected by the House of the

People and one by the Council of States ;

(e) eight members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent,

respectively, the Ministries of the Central Government dealing with

(i) agriculture and rural development ;

(ii) commerce;

(iii) Finance;

(iv) industry;

(v) food;

(vi) civil supplies;

(vii) civil aviation;

(viii) shipping and transport ;

(f) five members to be appointed by the Central Government by rotation in the

alphabetical order to represent the States and the Union territories: Provided that

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an appointment under this clause shall be made on the recommendation of the

Government of the State, or as the case may be, the Union territory concerned ;

(g) seven members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent,

(i) the Indian Council of Agricultural Research ;

(ii) the National Horticulture Board ;

(iii) the National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation;

(iv) the Central Food Technological Research Institute;

(v) the Indian Institute of Packaging ;

(vi) the Spices Export Promotion Council; and

(vii) the Cashew nut Export Promotion Council ;

(h) twelve members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent,

(i) fruit and vegetable products industries ;

(ii) meat, poultry and dairy products industries ;

1[(iii) other Scheduled products or Special products industries;]

(iv) packaging industry;

PROVIDED that the number of members appointed to represent any of the

groups of industries specified in sub-clauses (i) to (iii) or the industry

specified in sub-clause (iv) shall in no case be less than two;

(i) two members to be appointed by the Central Government from amongst

specialists and scientists in the field of agriculture, economics and marketing of

Scheduled products.

(5) The term of office of the members, other than the member referred to in clause (b)

of sub-section (4) and the manner of filling vacancies among, and the procedure to be

followed in the discharge of their functions by, the members shall be such as may be

prescribed.

(6) Any officer of the Central Government, not being a member of the Authority,

when deputed by that Government in this behalf, shall have the right to attend

meetings of the Authority and take part in the proceedings thereof but shall not be

entitled to vote.

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(7) No act or proceeding of the Authority or any committee appointed by it under

Section 9 shall be invalidated merely by reason of

(a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Authority or such

committee; or

(b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of the Authority

or such committee; or

(c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Authority or such committee not

affecting the merits of the case.

(8) The Authority shall meet at such times and places and shall observe such rules of

procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings (including the

quorum at its meetings) as may be provided by the regulations.

Section 5 - Salary and allowances and other conditions of service of Chairman and

allowances of members

(1) The Chairman shall be entitled to such salary and allowances and shall be subject

to such conditions of service in respect of leave, pension, provident fund and other

matters as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Central Government.

(2) The other members of the Authority shall receive such allowances as may be fixed

by the Central Government.

(3) A member, other than the ex officio member, may resign his office by giving

notice thereof in writing to the Central Government and on such resignation being

accepted, he shall be deemed to have vacated his office

Section 6 - Chairman to be chief executive

The Chairman shall be the chief executive of the Authority and shall exercise such

powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed.

Section 7 - Secretary of the Authority and other staff

(1) The Central Government shall appoint a Secretary to the Authority who shall

exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed or as may be

delegated to him by the Chairman.

(2) The Secretary shall be entitled to such salary and allowances and shall be subject

to such conditions of service in respect of leave, pension, provident fund and such

other matters as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Central Government.

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(3) Subject to such control and restrictions as may be prescribed, the Authority may

appoint such other officers and employees, as may be necessary, for the efficient

performance of its functions and the method of appointment, the scale of pay and

allowances and other conditions of service of such other officers and ernployees of

the Authority shall be such as may be provided by the Authority by regulations.

(4) The Chairman, the Secretary and other officers and employees of the Authority

shall not undertake any work unconnected with their duties under this Act except with

the permission of the Central Government

Section 8 - Special provision for transfer of employees to the Authority

(1) On the establishment of the Authority, it shall be lawful for the Central

Government to transfer to the Authority, by order, and with effect from such date or

dates as may be specified in the order, any officer or other employee holding office as

such in the Processed Foods Export Promotion Council (hereafter in this section

referred to as the Council) immediately before the date on which the Authority is

established:

PROVIDED that the scale of pay of the post in the Authority to which such

officer or other employee is transferred such not be lower than the scale of pay of

the post he was holding immediately before such transfer and the other terms and

conditions of service (including pension, leave, provident fund and medical

benefits) of the post to which he is transferred shall not be less favourable than the

terms and conditions of service in relation to the post held by him immediately

before such transfer.

(2) An order under sub-section (1) may be made so as to have retrospective effect

from a date not earlier than the date of the commencement of this Act.

(3) Before any order is issued under sub-section (1), all officers and employees of the

Council shall be given an option to express, in such form as may be prescribed, and

within such time as may be specified in that behalf by the Central Government, their

willingness or otherwise to become employees of the Authority and such option once

exercised shall be final:

PROVIDED that no order under sub-section (1) shall be made in relation to any

officer or other employee of the Council who has intimated his intention of not

becoming an employee of the Authority within the time specified in that behalf:

PROVIDED FURTHER that such of the officers and employees of the Council

who do not express, within the time specified in that behalf, their intention of

becoming the employees of the Authority, shall be dealt with in the same manner

and in accordance with the same laws and standing orders as would have applied

immediately before the commencement of this Act to the employees of the

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Council in the event of the reduction of the strength of the officers and employees

of the Council.

(4) An officer or other employee transferred by an order made under sub-section (1)

shall, on and from the date of transfer, cease to be an employee of the Council and

become an officer or other employee of the Authority with such designation as the

Authority may determine and shall, subject to the provisions of the proviso to sub-

section (1), be governed by the regulations made by the Authority under this Act in

respect of remuneration and other conditions of service (including pension, leave,

provident fund and medical benefits) and shall continue to be an officer or other

employee of the Authority unless and until his employment is duly terminated by the

Authority:

PROVIDED that till such time as the regulations referred to above governing the

conditions of service of its officers or other employees are framed by the

Authority, the relevant laws and standing orders applicable to the officers and

employees of the Council shall continue to be applicable to them.

(5) If a question arises whether the terms and conditions of service prescribed in the

regulations framed by the Authority in respect of any matter, including remuneration,

pension, leave, provident fund and medical benefits, are less favourable than those

attached to the post held by an officer or other employee immediately before his

transfer to the Authority, the decision of the Central Government in the matter shall

be final.

Section 9 - Committees of the Authority

(1) The Authority may appoint such committees as may be necessary for the efficient

discharge of its duties and performance of its functions under this Act.

(2) The Authority shall have the power to co-opt as members of any, committee

appointed under sub-section (1) such number of persona, who arc not members of the

Authority, as it may think fit and the persons so co-opted shall have the right to attend

the meetings of the committee and take part in its proceedings but shall not have the

right to vote.

(3) The persons co-opted as members of a committee under sub-section (2) shall be

entitled to receive such allowances for attending meetings of the committee as may be

fixed by the Central Government.

Section 10 - Functions of the Authority

(1) It shall be the duty of the Authority to undertake, by such measures as it thinks fit,

the development and promotion, under the control of the Central Government, of

export of Scheduled products.

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(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the

measures referred to therein may provide for

(a) the development of industries relating to the Scheduled products for export by

way of providing financial assistance or otherwise for undertaking surveys and

feasibility studies, participation in the equity capital through joint ventures and

other reliefs and subsidy schemes;

(b) the registration of persons as exporters of the Scheduled products on payment

of such fees as may be prescribed;

(c) the fixing of standards and specifications for the Scheduled products for the

purposes of export ;

(d) the carrying out of inspection of meat and meat products in any

slaughterhouse, processing plant, storage premises, conveyances or other places

where such products are kept or handled for the purpose of ensuring the quality of

such products ;

(e) the improving of packaging of the Scheduled products ;

(f) the improving of the marketing of the Scheduled products outside India;

(g) the promotion of export oriented production and development of the

Scheduled products ;

(h) the collection of statistics from. the owners of factories or establishments

engaged in the production, processing, packaging, marketing or export of the

Scheduled products or from such other persons as may be prescribed on any

matter relating to the Scheduled products; and the publication of the statistics so

collected, or of any portions thereof or extracts there from;

(i) the training in various aspects of the industries connected with the Scheduled

products;

(j) such other matters as may be prescribed.

5[10A. Functions in respect of Special products, etc.-

Without prejudice to any law for the time being in force, it shall be the duty of the Authority

to undertake, by such measures as may be prescribed by the Central Government for

registration and protection of the Intellectual Property rights in respect of Special products in

India or outside India.

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2009.

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Explanation.-- For the purpose of this section "Intellectual Property" means any right to

intangible property, namely, trade marks, designs, patents, geographical indications or any

other similar intangible property, under any law for the time being in force.]

Section 11 - Power to supersede the Authority

(1) If the CentralGovernment is of the opinion that the Authority is unable to perform, or has

persistentlymade default in the performance of, the duty imposed on it by or under this Actor

has exceeded or abused its powers, or has wilfully or without sufficientcause, failed to

comply with any direction issued by the Central Governmentunder Section 20, the Central

Government may, bynotification in the Official Gazette, supersede the Authority for such

periodas may be specified in the notification :

PROVIDED that before issuing anotification under this sub-section, the Central Government

shall givereasonable time to the Authority to show cause why it should not be supersededand

shall consider the explanation and objections, if any, of the Authority.

(2) Upon the publication of a notification undersub-section (l) superceding the Authority,

(a)all the members of the Authority shall, notwithstanding that their term ofoffice has not

expired as from the date of super session, vacate their officesas such members;

(b)all the powers and duties which may, by or under the provisions of this Act, beexercised or

performed by or on behalf of the Authority shall, during theperiod of super session, be

exercised and performed by such person or personsas the Central Government may direct;

(c) all property vested in the Authority shall,during the period of supersession, vest in the

Central Government.

(3) On the expiration of the period of supersession specified in the notification issued under

sub-section (1), the CentralGovernment may

(a) extend the period of super session for suchfurther period as it may consider necessary; or

(b) reconstitute the Authority in the mannerprovided in Section 4.

Chapter III - REGISTRATION

(1) If the CentralGovernment is of the opinion that the Authority is unable to perform, or has

persistentlymade default in the performance of, the duty imposed on it by or under this Actor

has exceeded or abused its powers, or has wilfully or without sufficientcause, failed to

comply with any direction issued by the Central Governmentunder Section 20, the Central

Government may, bynotification in the Official Gazette, supersede the Authority for such

periodas may be specified in the notification :

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PROVIDED that before issuing anotification under this sub-section, the Central Government

shall givereasonable time to the Authority to show cause why it should not be supersededand

shall consider the explanation and objections, if any, of the Authority.

(2) Upon the publication of a notification undersub-section (l) superceding the Authority,

(a)all the members of the Authority shall, notwithstanding that their term ofoffice has not

expired as from the date of super session, vacate their officesas such members;

(b)all the powers and duties which may, by or under the provisions of this Act, beexercised or

performed by or on behalf of the Authority shall, during theperiod of super session, be

exercised and performed by such person or personsas the Central Government may direct;

(c) all property vested in the Authority shall,during the period of supersession, vest in the

Central Government.

(3) On the expiration of the period of supersession specified in the notification issued under

sub-section (1), the CentralGovernment may

(a) extend the period of super session for suchfurther period as it may consider necessary; or

(b) reconstitute the Authority in the mannerprovided in Section 4.

Section 12 - Registration of exporters

(1) Every person exporting anyone or more of the Scheduled products shall, before the

expiration of one month from the date on which he undertakes such export or before the

expiration of three months from the date of coming into force of this section, whichever is

later, apply to the Authority to be registered as an exporter of the Scheduled product or

Scheduled products:

PROVIDED that the Authority may, for sufficient reason, extend the time limit for

registration by such period as it thinks fit.

(2) Registration once made shall continue to be in force until it is cancelled by the Authority.

Section 13 - Application, cancellation, fee payable and other matters relating to

registration

The form of application for registration under Section 12 and for the cancellation of such

registration, the fee payable on such applications, the particulars to be included in such

applications, the procedure to be followed in granting and cancelling registration and the

registers to be kept by the Authority shall be such as may be prescribed.

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Section 14 - Returns to be made by exporters

(1) Every exporter, referred to in sub-section (1) of Section 12, shall furnish to the Authority

at the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner such returns as may be prescribed.

(2) The Authority may authorise a member or any of its officers to inspect any processing

plant or any other establishment of the exporter at any time to verify the accuracy of any

return made under this section.

Chapter IV - FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

(1) Every exporter, referred to in sub-section (1) of Section 12, shall furnish to the Authority

at the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner such returns as may be prescribed.

(2) The Authority may authorise a member or any of its officers to inspect any processing

plant or any other establishment of the exporter at any time to verify the accuracy of any

return made under this section.

Section 15 - Grants or loans by the Central Government

The Central Government may, after due appropriation made by Parliament by law in this

behalf, pay to the Authority by way of grants or loans such sums of money as the Central

Government may think fit for being utilised for the purposes of this Act.

Section 16 - Constitution of Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export

Development Fund

(1) There shall be formed a Fund to be called the Agricultural and Processed Food Products

Export Development Fund and there shall be credited thereto-

(a) any sums of money which the Central Government may, after due appropriation made by

Parliament by law in this behalf, provide from and out of the proceeds of the cess credited

under Section 4 of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Cess Act, 1985, after

deducting there from the expenses of collection of the cess and the amount, if any, refunded ;

(b) all fees levied and collected in respect of registration and other matters under this Act or

the rules made there under;

(c) any grants or loans that may be made by the Central Government for the purposes of this

Act under Section 15; and

(d) any grants or loans that may be made by any State Government, voluntary organisation or

other institution for the purposes of this Act:

PROVIDED that no such grant, loan or donation shall be credited to the Fund except with the

prior approval of the Central Government.

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(2) The Fund shall be applied for

(a) meeting the cost of the measures referred to in Section 10;

(b) meeting the salaries, allowances and other remuneration of the members, officers and

other employees, as the case may be, of the Authority;

(c) meeting the other administrative expenses of the Authority and any other expenses

authorised by or under this Act ; and

(d) repayment of any loan

Section 17 - Borrowing powers of the Authority

Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, the Authority shall have power to borrow

on the security of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Fund or

any other asset for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

Section 18 - Accounts and audit

(1) The Authority shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an

annual statement of accounts, in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government

in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.

(2) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of

India at such intervals as may be specified by him and any expenditure incurred in connection

with such audit shall be payable by the Authority to the Comptroller and Auditor-General.

(3) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any person appointed by him in

connection with the audit of the accounts of the Authority shall have the same rights and

privileges and the authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-

General generally has in connection with the audit of Government accounts and, in particular,

shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and

other documents and papers and to inspect any of the offices of the Authority.

(4) The accounts of the Authority as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of

India or any other person appointed by him in this behalf together with the audit report

thereon shall be forwarded annually to the Central Government and that Government shall

cause the same to be laid before each House of Parliament.

Chapter V - CONTROL BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

(1) The Authority shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an

annual statement of accounts, in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government

in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.

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(2) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of

India at such intervals as may be specified by him and any expenditure incurred in connection

with such audit shall be payable by the Authority to the Comptroller and Auditor-General.

(3) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any person appointed by him in

connection with the audit of the accounts of the Authority shall have the same rights and

privileges and the authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-

General generally has in connection with the audit of Government accounts and, in particular,

shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and

other documents and papers and to inspect any of the offices of the Authority.

(4) The accounts of the Authority as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of

India or any other person appointed by him in this behalf together with the audit report

thereon shall be forwarded annually to the Central Government and that Government shall

cause the same to be laid before each House of Parliament.

Section 19 - Power to prohibit or control imports and exports of Scheduled products

(1) The Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make provision

for prohibiting, restricting or otherwise controlling the import or export of the Scheduled

products, either generally or in specified classes of cases.

(2) All Scheduled products to which any order under sub-section (1) applies, shall be deemed

to be goods of which the export has been prohibited under Section 11 of the Customs Act,

1962 (52 of 1962), and all the provisions of that Act shall have effect accordingly.

(3) If any person contravenes any order made under sub-section (1), he shall, without

prejudice to any confiscation or penalty to which he may be liable under the provisions of the

Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), as applied by sub-section (2), be punishable with

imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

Section 20 - Directions by the Central Government

The Authority shall carry out such directions as may be issued to it from time to time by the

Central Government for the efficient administration of this Act before each House of

Parliament.

Chapter VI –

MISCELLANEOUS

The Authority shall carry out such directions as may be issued to it from time to time by the

Central Government for the efficient administration of this Act before each House of

Parliament.

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Section 21 - Penalty for making false reports

Any person who, being required by or under this Act to furnish any return, fails to furnish

such return or furnishes a return containing any particular which is false and which he knows

to be false or does not believe to be true shall be punishable with fine which may extend to

five hundred rupees,

Section 22 - Penalties for obstructing a member or officer of the Authority in the

discharge of his duty and for failure to produce books and records

Any person who--

(a) obstructs any member authorised by the Chairman in writing or any officer or other

employee of the Authority authorised in this behalf by the Central Government or by the

Authority, in the exercise of any power conferred, or in the discharge of any duty imposed on

him by or under this Act ; or

(b) having control over or custody of any account book or other record fails to produce such

book or record when required to do so by or under this Act,

shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with

fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

Section 23 - Other penalties

Whoever contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets the contravention of the provisions

of this Act or of any rules made hereunder other than the provisions, the punishment for the

contravention whereof has been provided for in Sections 19, 22 and 23, shall be punishable

with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may

extend to one thousand rupees, or with both and in the case of a continuing contravention

with an additional fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every day during which such

contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention.

Section 24 - Offences by companies

(1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, every person who at

the time the offence was committed was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company

for the conduct of the business of the company as well as the company shall be deemed to be

guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly:

PROVIDED that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to

any punishment, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that

he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act

has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with

the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director,

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manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other

officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded

against and punished accordingly.

Explanation -- For the purposes of this section,

(a) "company" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of

individuals ; and

(b) "director", in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm,

Section 25 - Jurisdiction of court

No court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class shall

try any offence punishable under this Act.

Section 26 - Previous sanction of the Central Government

No prosecution for any offence punishable under this Act shall be instituted except with

previous sanction of the Central Government.

Section 27 - Protection of action taken in good faith

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Central Government, or

the Authority or any committee appointed by it, or any member of the Authority or such

committee, or any other or other employee of the Central Government or of the Authority or

any other person authorised by the Central Government or the Authority, for anything which

is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules made there under.

Section 28 - Power to delegate

The Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, direct that any

power exercisable by it under this Act (not being the power to make rules under Section 32)

may also be exercised in such cases and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be

specified in the order, by such officer or authority as may be specified therein.

Section 29 - Suspension of operation of this Act

(1) If the Central Government is satisfied that circumstances have arisen rendering it

necessary that certain of the restrictions imposed by this Act should cease to be imposed or

if it considers necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, it may, by notification in

the Official Gazette, suspend or relax to such extent and either indefinitely or for such period

as may be specified in the notification, the operation of all or any of the provisions of this

Act.

(2) Where the operation of any provision of this Act has under sub-section (1) been

suspended or relaxed indefinitely, such suspension or relaxation may, at any time while this

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Act remains in force, be removed by the Central Government by notification in the Official

Gazette.

Section 30 - Application of other laws not barred

The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of

any other law for the time being in force.

Section 31 - Power to make rules

(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for

carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules

may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: -

(a) the term of office of the members other than the member referred to in clause (b) of sub-

section (4) of Section 4, the manner of filling vacancies among, and the procedure to he

followed in the discharge of their functions by the members, under sub-section (5) of Section

4;

(b) the powers which may be exercised and the duties which may be performed by the

Chairman as the chief executive of the Authority under Section 6;

(c) the powers which may be exercised and the duties which shall be performed by the

Secretary of the Authority under sub-section (1) of Section 7;

(d) the control and restrictions subject to which other officers and employees may be

appointed by the Authority under sub-section (3) of Section 7;

(e) the form in which and the time within which option may be given by the officers and

employees of the Processed Foods Export Promotion Council under sub-section (3) of

Section 8;

(f) payment of fees for the registration of exporters of Scheduled products under clause (b) of

sub-section (2) of Section 10;

(g) persons other than the owners from whom the collection of statistics in respect of any

matter relating to Scheduled products may be made under clause (h) of sub-section (2) of

Section 10;

(h) the additional matters in respect of which the Authority may undertake measures in the

discharge of its functions under clause (j) of sub-section (2) of Section 10;

(i) the form and the manner of making application for registration and for cancellation of

registration, the fee payable on such application and the procedure to he followed in granting

and cancelling registration and the conditions governing such registration, under Section 13;

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(j) the time at which and the manner in which an exporter shall furnish returns to the

Authority under sub-section (1) of Section 14;

(k) the form in which the accounts of the Authority shall be maintained under sub-section (1)

of Section 18;

(l) the. form and manner in which and the time at which the Authority shall furnish returns

and statements to the Central Government under sub-section (1) of Section 21;

(m) the form in which and the date before which the Authority shall furnish to the Central

Government the report of its activities and programme under sub-section (2) of Section 21;

(n) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act.

Section 32 - Power to make regulations

(1) The Authority may, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, by notification

in the Official Gazette, make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and

the rules made there under, to provide for all matters for which provision is necessary or

expedient for the purposes of giving effect to the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such

regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: --

(a) the times and places at which meetings of the Authority or any committee thereof, shall be

held and the procedure lo be followed thereat and the number of members which shall form a

quorum at a meeting under sub-section (8) of Section 4;

(b) the method of appointment, the conditions of service and the scales of pay and allowances

of any of the officers and other employees of the Authority under sub-section (3) of Section

7;

(c) generally for the efficient conduct of the affairs of the Authority.

1[(ha) the measures for registration and protection of the Intellectual Property rights under

section 10A;]

(3) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, modify or rescind

any regulation sanctioned by it and the regulation so modified or rescinded shall have effect

only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such

modification or rescission shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything done under

the regulation before its modification or rescission.

Section 33 - Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament

Every rule and every regulation made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as maybe after it is

made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days

which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before

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the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions

aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or regulation, as the case

maybe, or both Houses agree that the rule or regulation, as the case may be, should not be

made, the rule or regulation shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of

no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be

without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or regulation.

Section 35 - Validation

6[35. Validation.-All things done, or, omitted to be done, and all actions or measures taken,

or, not taken, during the period beginning on or after the 13th day of October, 2008 and

ending immediately before the date of commencement of the Agricultural and Processed

Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2009, shall, in so far as

they are in conformity with the provisions of this Act, as amended by the Agricultural and

Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2009, be

deemed to have been done, or, omitted to be done, or, taken, or, not taken, under the

provisions of this Act, as amended by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export

Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2009, as if such provisions were in force at the

time such things were done or omitted to be done and actions or measures taken or not taken

during the said period.]

Schedule I - First Schedule

Schedule I

The Schedule

[see section 2(i)]

1. Fruits, vegetables and their products.

2. Meat and meat products.

3. Poultry and poultry products.

4. Dairy products.

5. Confectionary, biscuits and bakery products.

6. Honey, jaggery and sugar products.

6 . Inserted by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act,

2009.

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7. Cocoa and its products, chocolates of all kinds.

8. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

7[9. Cereals and cereal products.]

11. Pickles, chutneys and papads.

12. Guar Gum.

13. Floriculture and floriculture products.

14. Herbal and medicinal plants.

Schedule II - Second Schedule

8[THE SECOND SCHEDULE

[See section 2(j)]

Basmati rise.]

7 . Substituted by the Notification : No : SO748(E) dated 28.03.2008 for the entry :-

"9. Cereal products.10. Cashew nuts, groundnuts, peanuts and walnuts." 8 . Inserted by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act,

2009.

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2. Food Corporations Act, 1964

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Food Corporations Act, 1964

[Act, No. 37 of 1964]

[31th June, 1994]

PREAMBLE

An Act to provide for the establishment of Food Corporations for the purpose of

trading in food grains and other foodstuffs and for matters connected therewith and

incidental thereto.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:

--

Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called The Food Corporations Act, 1964.

(2) It extends to the whole of India 1[***],

(3) It shall come into force on such date 2as the Central Government may, by

notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Section 2 - Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) "Corporation" means the Food Corporation of India established under section

3;

(b) "Food Corporation" means the Food Corporation of India established under

section 3 or a State Food Corporation established under section 17;

3[(bb) "Foodstuffs" includes edible oilseeds and oils;]

(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(d) "schedule bank" means a bank for the time being included in the Second

Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934;

(e) "State Food Corporation" means a State Food Corporation established under

section 17;

1 The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir", omitted by Act 67 of 1972, w.e.f 15.12.1972.

2 The appointed date is 17.12.1964 vide Gazette of India dated 17.12.1964.

3 Inserted by Act 67 of 1972 w.e.f 15.12.1972.

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(f) "year" means the financial year.

Section 3 - Establishment of Food Corporation of India

(1) With effect from such date 4as the Central Government may, by notification in the

Official Gazette, specify in this behalf, the Central Government shall establish for the

purposes of this Act a Corporation known as the Food Corporation of India.

(2) The Corporation shall be body corporate with the name aforesaid having perpetual

succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to

acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and may, by that name, sue and

be sued.

Section 4 - Offices and agencies

(1) The head office of the Corporation shall be at Madras or at such other place 5as the

Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.

6[(2) The Corporation may establish offices or agencies at other places in or outside

India.

Provided that no such office or agency shall be established at any place outside

India without the previous approval of the Central Government.]

Section 5 - Capital of Corporation

(1) The original capital of the Corporation shall be such sum not exceeding one

hundred crores of rupees as the Central Government may fix.

(2) The Central Government may from time to time increase the capital of the

Corporation to such extent and in such manner as that Government may determine.

(3) Such capital may be provided by the Central Government from time to time after

due appropriation made by Parliament by law for the purpose and subject to such

terms and conditions as may be determined by that Government.

Section 6 - Management

(1) The general superintendence, direction and management of the affairs and

business of the Corporation shall vest in a board of directors which may exercise all

such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the

Corporation under this Act.

4 The Food Corporation was established w.e.f. 01.01.1965 vide Notification No. G.S.R. IK09, Gazette of India

dated 17.12.1964. 5 The head office of the Corporation has been shifted to New Delhi on and from 01.07.1967 vide Notification

No. G.S.R. 958, Gazette of India dated 20.06.1967. 6 Substituted by Act 67 of 1972 w.e.f 15.12.1972.

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(2) The board of directors, in discharging its functions, shall act on business principles

having regard to the interests of the producer and consumer and shall be guided by

such instructions on questions of policy as may be given to it by the Central

Government.

(3) If any doubt arises as to whether a question is or is not a question of policy, the

decision of the Central Government thereon shall be final.

Section 7 - Board of Directors

(1) The board of directors of the Corporation shall consist of the following, namely: --

(a) a chairman;

(b) three directors to represent respectively the Ministries of the Central

Government dealing with-

(i) food,

(ii) finance, and

(iii) co-operation;

(c) the managing director of the Central Warehousing Corporation established

under Section 3 of the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962, ex officio;

(d) a managing director;

(e) six other directors.

(2) All the directors of the Corporation other than the director referred to in 'Clause

(0) of sub-section (1) shall be appointed by the Central Government.

(3) The managing director, shall--

(a) exercise such powers and perform such duties as the board of directors may

entrust or delegate to him and

(b) receive such salary and allowances as the board of directors may, with the

approval of the Central Government, fix:

Provided that the first managing director shall receive such salary and

allowances as the Central Government may fix.

(4) The term of office of, and the manner of filling casual vacancies among, the

directors of the Corporation, other than the director referred to in Clause (c) of sub-

section (1), and the other terms and conditions of appointment of the directors of the

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Corporation shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), be such as may be

prescribed.

Section 8 - Disqualification for office of director

A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as and for being, a director of the

Corporation--

(a) if he is, or at any time has been, adjudicated insolvent or has suspended

payment of his debts or has compounded with his creditors; or

(b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court; or

(c) if he is or has been convicted of any offence which in the opinion of the

Central Government involves moral turpitude; or

(d) if he has been removed or dismissed from the service of the Government or a

corporation owned or controlled by the Government; or

(e) except in the case of the Chairman or the managing director, if he is a salaried

official of the Food Corporation of India or a State Food Corporation.

Section 9 - Removal and resignation of directors

(1) The Central Government may, at anytime, after consultation with the Corporation,

remove the managing director from office after giving him a reasonable opportunity

of showing cause against the proposed removal.

(2) The board of directors may remove any director from office who--

(a) is or has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in section 8;

or

(b) is absent without leave of the board of directors from more than three

consecutive meetings thereof without cause sufficient, in the opinion of the board,

to exonerate his absence.

(3) A director of the Corporation may resign his office by giving notice thereof in

writing to the Central Government and on such resignation being accepted, he shall be

deemed to have vacated his office.

Section 10 - Meetings

(1) The board of directors of the Corporation shall meet at such times and places and

shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its

meetings (including the quorum at meetings) as may be provided by regulations made

by the Corporation under this Act.

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(2) The Chairman of the Board or, if for any reason he is unable to attend any

meeting, any other director elected by the directors present at the meeting, shall

preside at the meeting.

(3) All questions which come up before any meeting of the board shall be decided by

a majority of the votes of the directors present and voting, and, in the event of an

equality of votes, the Chairman, or in his absence, the person presiding, shall have and

exercise a second or casting vote.

Section 11 - Advisory Committees

(1) The Central Government may. in consultation with the Corporation, by

notification in the Official Gazette, constitute one or more Advisory Committees

consisting of such persons and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.

(2) It shall be the duty of any such Advisory Committee to advise the Central

Government or the Corporation in regard to any matter connected with the purposes

of this Act in respect of which its advice is sought by the Central Government, or, as

the case may be, by the Corporation.

(3) The expenses in relation to the Advisory Committees shall be met by the

Corporation.

Section 12 - Officers and other employees of Corporation

(1) The Central Government shall after consultation with the Corporation, appoint a

person to be the Secretary of the Corporation.

(2) Subject to such rules as may be made by the Central Government in this behalf,

the Corporation may appoint such other officers and employees as it considers

necessary for the efficient performance of its Junctions.

(3) The methods of appointment, the conditions of service and the scales of pay of the

officers and other employees of the Corporation shall--

(a) as respects the Secretary, be such as may be prescribed;

(b) as respects the other officers and employees, be such as may be determined by

regulations made by the Corporation under this Act.

Section 12A - Special provisions for transfer of Government employees to the

Corporation in certain cases

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7[12A. Special provisions for transfer of Government employees to the Corporation in

certain cases

(1) Where the Central Government has ceased or ceases to perform any functions

which under section 13 are functions of the Corporation, it shall be lawful for the

Central Government to transfer, by order and with effect from such date or dates

(which, maybe either retrospective to any date not earlier than the 1st January, 1965,

or prospective) as may be specified in the order, to the Corporation any of the officers

or employees serving in the Department of the Central Government dealing with food

or any of its subordinate or attached offices and engaged in the performance of those

functions:

Provided that no order under this sub-section shall be made in relation to any

officer or employee in such Department or office who has, in respect of the

proposal of the Central Government to transfer such officer or employee to the

Corporation, intimated within such time as may be specified in this behalf by that

Government, his intention of not becoming an employee of the Corporation.

(2) In making an order under sub-section (1), the Central Government shall, as far as

may be, take into consideration the functions which the Central Government has

ceased or ceases to perform and the areas in which such functions have been or are

performed.

(3) An officer or other employee transferred by an order made under sub-section (1)

shall, on and from the date of transfer, cease to be an employee of the Central

Government and become an employee of the Corporation with such designation as the

Corporation may determine and shall, 8[subject to the provisions of sub-sections (4),

(4A), (4B), (4C), (5) and (6)], be governed by the regulations made by the

Corporation under this Act as respects remuneration and other conditions of service

including pension, leave and provident fund, and shall continue to be an officer or

employee of the Corporation unless and until his employment is terminated by the

Corporation.

(4) Every officer or other employee transferred by an order made under sub-section

(1) shall, within six months from the date of transfer, exercise his option in writing to

be governed. -

(a) by the scale if any applicable to the post held by him under the Government

immediately before the date of transfer or by the scale of pay applicable to the

post under the Corporation to which he is transferred,

7 Inserted by the Food Corporations (Amendment) Act 1968 (Act 57 of 1968) w.e f. 28.12.1968.

8 Substituted for the words "subject to the provisions of sub-sections (4), (5) and (6)", by Act 12 of 1977w.r.e.f.

31.12.1976.

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(b) by the leave, provident fund, retirement or other terminal benefits admissible

to employees of the Central Government in accordance with the rules and others

of the Central Government as amended from time to time or the leave, provident

fund or other terminal benefits admissible to the employees of the Corporation

under the regulations made by the Corporation under this Act, and such option

once exercised shall be final:

Provided that the option exercised under clause (a) shall be applicable only in

respect of the post to which such officer or employee is transferred to the

Corporation and on appointment to a higher post under the Corporation, he

shall be eligible only for the scale of pay applicable to such higher post.

Provided further that if immediately before the date of his transfer any such

officer or employee is officiating in a higher post under the Government either

in a leave vacancy or in any other vacancy of a specified duration, his pay, on

transfer, shall be protected for the unexpired period of such vacancy and

thereafter he shall be entitled to the scale of pay applicable to the post under

the Government to which he would have reverted or to the scale of pay

applicable to the post under the Corporation to which he is transferred,

whichever he may opt:

Provided also that when an officer or other employee serving in the

Department of the Ministry of the Central Government dealing with food or in

any of its attached or subordinate offices is promoted to officiate in a higher

post, in the Department or office subsequent to the transfer to the Corporation

of any other officer or employee senior to him in that Department or office

before such transfer, the officer or other employee who is promoted to

officiate in such higher post shall, on transfer to the Corporation, be entitled

only to the scale of pay applicable to the post he would have held but for such

promotion or the scale of pay applicable to the post under the Corporation to

which he is transferred, whichever he may opt.

9[(4-A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4), --

(a) every officer or other employee in respect of whom an order of transfer under

sub- section (1) had been made before the date of commencement of the Food

Corporations(Amendment) Act, 1977(hereafter in this section referred to as the

appointed day) shall, whether or not he had exercised the option under sub-section

(4) before the appointed day, exercise such option within six months from the

appointed day; and

(b) every officer or other employee in respect of whom an order of transfer under

sub- section (1) may be made after the appointed day shall, within six months

9 Inserted by Act 12 of 1977 w.r.e.f. 31.12.1976.

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from the date of such order, exercise his option under sub-section (4),and in each

such case such option once exercised shall be final: Provided that where an officer

or other employee having-exercised an option under sub-section (4) before the

appointed day-

(i) has died or retired before the appointed day, or dies or retires after the

appointed day, before exercising the option as r equired by this sub-section, or

(ii) does not exercise the option as required by this sub-section, the option

already exercised by him shall be deemed to have been validly exercised by

him under sub-section (4).

(4-B) Where an officer or other employee

(a) has died or retired, or dies or retires, after an order of transfer under sub-

section (1) in respect of such officer or other employee is made but before

exercising the option under sub-section (4) or, as the case may be, as required by

sub-section (4-A); or

(b) has died or retired, or dies or retires, before an order of transfer under sub-

section (1) in respect of such officer or other employee is made.

he shall, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4) or sub-section (4-

A),

(i) in a case falling under Clause (a), be deemed to have exercised an option

under sub- section (4); and

(ii) in a case falling under Clause (b), be deemed to have been transferred

under sub-section (1) and exercised an option under sub-section (4), to be

governed by the leave, provident fund, retirement or other terminal benefits

admissible to the employees of the Central Government in accordance with the

rules and orders of the Central Government as amended from time to time:

Provided that nothing in Clause (a) of this sub-section shall apply to an

officer or other employee who has, before the appointed day been paid the

terminal benefits as admissible to the employees of the Corporation under

the regulations made by the Corporation under this Act, unless such officer

or other employee refunds in a lump sum within six months from the

appointed day the amount of contributions made by the Corporation

towards such terminal benefits;

Provided further that nothing in Clause (b) of this sub-section shall apply

to an officer or other employee who has intimated, under the proviso to

sub-section (1), his intention of not becoming an employee of the

Corporation.

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(4-C) Where an officer or other employee has exercised an option under sub-section

(4), or exercises, or is deemed to have exercised, an option under that sub-section,

read with sub-section (4-A) or sub-section (4-B), to be governed by the leave,

provident fund, retirement or other terminal benefits admissible to the employees of

the Central Government, such benefits shall be calculated on the basis of the pay and

allowances drawn by him in the Corporation.]

(5) No officer or other employee transferred by an order made under sub-section (1), -

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(a) shall be dismissed or removed by an authority subordinate to that competent to

make a similar or equivalent appointment under the Corporation as may be

specified in the regulations made by the Corporation under this Act:

10[(b) shall be dismissed or removed or reduced in rank except after an inquiry in

which he has been informed of the charges against him and given a reasonable

opportunity of being heard in respect of those charges,

Provided that where it is proposed after such inquiry, to impose upon him any

such penalty, such penalty may be imposed on the basis of the evidence

adduced during such inquiry and it shall not be necessary to give such person

any opportunity of making representation on the penalty proposed.]

11[Provided further that] this clause shall not apply, --

(i) where an officer or employee is dismissed or removed or reduced in

rank on the ground of conduct which has led to his conviction on a

criminal charge; or

(ii) where the authority empowered to dismiss or remove an officer or

employee or to reduce him in rank is satisfied that for some reason, to be

recorded by that authority in writing, it is not reasonably practicable to

hold such inquiry, or

(iii) to an officer or employee who, after transfer to the Corporation, is

appointed to a higher post under the Corporation in response to an open

advertisement and in competition with outsiders.

(6) If, in respect of any such officer or employee as aforesaid, a question arises

whether it is reasonably practicable to holds such inquiry as is referred to in sub-

section (5), the decision there-on of the authority empowered o dismiss or remove him

or to reduce him in rank shall be final.

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Substituted by Food Corporations (Amendment) Act (Act 53 of 1982) w.e.f 21.10.1989. 11

Substituted for the words "Provided that", by Food Corporations (Amendment) Act (Act 53 of 1982) w.e.f

21.10.1982.

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(7) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply to the members of the Central

Secretariat Service or any other service or to persons on deputation to the Department

referred to in that sub- section or to any of its attached or subordinate offices from any

Ministry of the Central Government or from any State Government or from any

organisation.

Section 13 - Functions of Corporation

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall be the primary duty of the

Corporation to undertake the purchase, storage, movement, transport distribution and

sale of food grains and other foodstuffs.

(2) Subject as aforesaid, the Corporation may also, with the previous approval of the

Central Government, -

(a) promote by such means as it thinks fit the production of food grains and other

foodstuffs;

(b) set up, or assist in the setting up of, rice mills,flour-mills and other

undertakings for the processing of food grains and other foodstuffs, and

(c) discharge such other functions as may be prescribed or as are supplemental,

incidental or consequential o any of the functions conferred on it under this Act.

Section 14 - Executive Committee and other committees

(1) The board of directors of the Corporation may constitute an Executive Committee

which shall consist of-

(a) the Chairman of the Board;

(b) the Managing director; and

(c) three other directors, of whom one shall be a non-official.

(2) The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the Chairman of the Executive

Committee.

(3) Subject to the general control, direction and superintendence of the board of

directors, the, the Executive Committee shall be competent to deal with any matter

within the competence of the Corporation.

(4) The board of directors may constitute such other committees, whether consisting

wholly of directors or wholly of other persons or partly of directors and partly of other

persons as it thinks fit for such purposes as it may decide.

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(5) A committee constituted under this section shall meet at such times and places and

shall observe such rules of procedure in reward to the transaction of business at its

meetings(including the quorum at meetings) as may be provided by regulations made

by the Corporation under this Act.

(6) The members of a committee (other than the directors of the board) shall be paid

by the Corporation such fees and allowances as may be fixed by it by regulations

made under this Act for attending the meetings of the committee and for attending to

any other work of the Corporation.

Section 15 - Member of board or committee thereof not to vote in certain cases

A member of the Board of directors of the Corporation or a committee thereof who

has any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any matter coming up for consideration

at a meeting of the board of directors or committee thereof, shall, as soon as possible

after relevant circumstances have come to hi

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