Tea Act, 1953

The Tea Act, 1953

चाय अधिनियम,1953

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Act ID:	195329
Act Number:	29
Enactment Date:	1953-05-28
Act Year:	1953
Short Title:	The Tea Act, 1953
Hindi Title:	चाय अधिनियम,1953
Long Title:	An Act to provide for the control by the Union of the Tea industry, including the control, in pursuance of the International Agreement now in force, of the cultivation of tea in, and of the export of tea from, India and for that purpose to establish a Tea Board and levy a duty of excise on tea produced in India.
Ministry:	Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department:	Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date:	01-04-1956
Notification:	1st April, 1956, see notification No. S.R.O. 943, dated the 17th March 1954, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1954, Part II, s. 3.

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CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

CHAPER II

THE TEA BOARD

CHAPTER III

CONTROL OVER THE EXTENSION OF TEA CULTIVATION

CHAPTER IIIA

MANAGEMENT OR CONTROL OF TEA UNDERTAKINGS OR TEA UNITS BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES

CHAPTER IV

CONTROL OVER THE EXPORT OF TEA AND TEA SEED

CHAPTER V

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

CHAPTER VI

CONTROL BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER VII

MISCELLANEOUS


Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 2. Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union.
Section 3. Definitions.
Section 4. Establishment and constitution of the Tea Board. Show Related Subordinates
Section 5. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate acts and proceedings.
Section 6. Salary and allowances of Chairman.
Section 7. Vice-Chairman.
Section 8. Executive and other Committees. Show Related Subordinates
Section 9. Secretary and staff Show Related Subordinates
Section 10. Functions of the Board.
Section 11. Dissolution of the Board.
Section 12. Method of control of extension of tea cultivation.
Section 13. Limitations to the extension of tea cultivation. Show Related Subordinates
Section 14. Grant of permission to plant tea.
Section 15. Grant of permission to plant tea in special circumstances
Section 16. Tea nurseries.
Section 16A. Definitions.
Section 16B. Power to cause investigation to be made in relation to a tea undertaking or tea unit.
Section 16C. Power of Central Government on completion of investigation.
Section 16D. Power of Central Government to assume management or control of tea undertaking or tea unit in certain cases.
Section 16E. Power to take over tea undertaking or tea unit without investigation under certain circumstances.
Section 16F. Contracts in bad faith, etc., may be cancelled or varied.
Section 16G. Application of Act 1 of 1956.
Section 16H. Power of Central Government to cancel notified order under section 16D or 16E.
Section 16 I. Power of Central Government to authorise, with the permission of the Court, persons to take over management or control of tea undertakings or tea units.
Section 16J. Power of Central Government to make certain declarations in relation to tea undertakings or tea units
Section 16K. Power of Central Government to call for report on the affairs and working of a managed tea undertaking or tea unit.
Section 16L. Preparation of an inventory of the assets and liabilities and list of members and creditors of managed tea undertaking or tea unit.
Section 16LL. Debts incurred and investments made by the authorised person to have priority.
Section 16M. Bar of suits and other proceedings in relation to the tea undertakings or tea units.
Section 16N. Rules made under Act 65 of 1951 to apply.
Section 17. Control of export of tea and tea seed. Show Related Subordinates
Section 18. Tea or tea seed for export to be covered by licence or permit.
Section 19. Export allotment. Show Related Subordinates
Section 20. Export quota and licences. Show Related Subordinates
Section 21. Right to export licences. Show Related Subordinates
Section 22. Special Export Licences. Show Related Subordinates
Section 23. Board to maintain accounts of quotas. Show Related Subordinates
Section 24. Board to maintain accounts of quotas.
Section 25. Imposition of cess on tea produced In India. Show Related Subordinates
Section 26. Payment of proceeds of cess to the Board. Show Related Subordinates
Section 26A. Grant and loans by the Central Government to the Board
Section 27. Constitution of Fund.
Section 28. Borrowing powers of Board.
Section 28A. Writing off of losses.
Section 29. Accounts and audit.
Section 30. Power to control price and distribution of tea or tea waste. Show Related Subordinates
Section 31. General control over acts and proceedings of the Board.
Section 32. Appeal to Central Government.
Section 33. Licensing brokers, tea manufacturers, etc.
Section 34. Power of inspection.
Section 35. Power of Board to call for returns.
Section 36. Penalty for illicit export.
Section 37. Penalty for making false return.
Section 38. Omitted.
Section 39. Omitted.
Section 40. Omitted.
Section 41. Penalty for contravention of order relating to control of price and distribution.
Section 42. Penalty for contravention of order relating to control of price and distribution.
Section 42A. Adjudication of penalties.
Section 43. Offences by companies.
Section 44. Jurisdiction of courts.
Section 45. Previous sanction of Central Government for prosecution.
Section 46. Protection of action taken in good faith.
Section 47. Power to delegate.
Section 48. Suspension of operation of Act.
Section 49. Power of Central Government to make rules. Show Related Subordinates
Section 50. Power of Board to make by-laws.
Section 51. Repeals and savings.

Year	Description	Hindi Description	Files(Eng)	Files(Hindi)
27-03-1954	The Tea Rules, 1954
19-01-1955	Amendment to Tea Rules,
22-06-1956	Amendment to Tea Rules
25-06-1956	Amendment to Tea Rules
16-05-1957	Amendment to Tea Rules
21-01-1958	Amendment to Tea Rules
20-03-1959	Amendment to Tea Rules
23-03-1961	The Tea(Amendment) Rules, 1961
24-06-1977	The Tea(Amendment) Rules, 1977
25-09-1979	The Tea(Amendment) Rules, 1979
04-12-1986	The Tea(Amendment) Rules, 1986
02-03-1987	The Tea(Amendment) Rules, 1987
30-05-1991	The Tea(Amendment) Rules, 1991
16-12-1992	The Tea(Amendment) Rules, 1992
20-02-2006	The Tea(Amendment) Rules, 2006
25-10-2016	The Tea(Amendment) Rules, 2016

Year	Description	Hindi Description	Files(Eng)	Files(Hindi)
20-06-1989	Tea Warehouses (Licensing) Order, 1989.
14-08-1996	Tea-Board (Write Off Losses) Rules, 1996
13-07-2000	Tea Board (Write Off Losses) Amendment Rules, 2000
23-07-2001	Tea Warehouses (Licensing) Amendment Order, 1989.
01-01-2003	The Tea (Marketing) Control Order 2003
28-02-2003	The Tea (Marketing) Control (Amendment) Order 2003
10-04-2003	The Tea (Marketing) Control Second Amendment Order 2003
27-02-2004	The Tea (Marketing) Control (Amendment) Order 2004
20-10-2004	The Tea (Marketing) Control Second Amendment Order 2004
01-04-2005	The Tea (Distribution and Export), Control Order, 2005
15-07-2005	The Tea (Marketing) Control Amendment Order, 2005
15-04-2015	The Tea (Marketing) Control Amendment Order, 2015
01-10-2015	The Tea (Marketing) Control Second Amendment Order 2015
25-10-2016	Tea Warehouses (Licensing) Amendment Order, 2016
25-10-2016	The Tea (Distribution and Export), Control (Amendment) Order, 2016
25-10-2016	Tea Board (Write Off Losses) Amendment Rules, 2016
25-10-2016	The Tea (Marketing) Control Amendment Order, 2016
03-01-2017	The Tea (Marketing) Control Amendment Order, 2017
18-05-2018	Tea Warehouses (Licencing) Amendment Order, 2018
04-06-2018	Tea (Marketing) Control Amendment Order 2018
20-08-2018	Tea Waste (Control) Amendment Order, 2018
04-06-2019	Tea Warehouses (Licensing) Amendment Order, 2019
31-10-2019	Tea Waste (Control) amendment Order 2019
31-07-2020	Tea (Marketing) Control (Amendment) Order 2020