CGPF Act 5
Section 5 · Insertion of new sections 3-A, 3-B, 3-C and 3-D, Act XII of 1925
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- After section 3 the following new sections shall be inserted, namely ;-"3A. Prohibition of watering, etc. of cotton. - The Government may, by notification, declare that in any area specified in such notification, no cotton which is ginned or pressed in a cotton ginning or cotton pressing factory shall contain any admixture of cotton.
(2)
Any owner or person in charge of a cotton ginning or cotton pressing factory who in such factory gins or presses or allows to be ginned or pressed cotton which he knows or has reason to believe -(a)
is watered or contains foreign substance or cotton waste, or(b)
when such factory is in an area specified under subsection (1) contains an admixture of cotton,(3)
A court trying an offence under sub-section (2) shall presume cotton to be watered which is certified by the prescribed authority to contain moisture in excess of the moisture that such cotton might reasonably be expected to contain considering where and when such cotton has been picked, collected, stored, conveyed, left, ginned or pressed.(4)
Any owner of a cotton pressing factory who knowing or having reason to believe that any cotton contains seed in excess of the prescribed proportion, presses or allows such cotton to be pressed in such factory shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.The offence at a glance
- Fine
- ₹5,000
- Cognizable
- Non-cognizable
- Bailable
- Bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Any Magistrate
- Non-cognizable — Police cannot investigate without a Magistrate's order
- Bailable — Bail is your right — it can be granted at the police station
Sub-sections of this section carry different penalties; the maximum is shown.
Derived from the First Schedule Part II rule — not listed section by section
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