THE COFFEE ACT, 1942

ACT NO. 7 OF 1942 · Enacted [2nd March, 1942.] · 46 sections

Duties of Customs and of Excise

Section 11.[Repealed.].

Section 12.[Repealed.].

Section 13.[Repealed.].

Registration

Section 14.Registration of owners of coffee estates.

Section 15.Power of State Government to make rules.

Control of Sale, Export and Re-import of Coffee

Section 16.Fixation of prices for sale of coffee.

Section 17.Sale of coffee in excess of free sale quota.

Section 18.Sale of coffee, how made.

Section 19.[Repealed.].

Section 20.Export of coffee.

Section 21.Re-import of coffee exported from India.

Section 22.Free sale quota.

Section 23.Returns to be made by registered owners.

Section 24.Licences for sale of uncured coffee.

Section 25.Surplus coffee and surplus pool.

Section 26.Sales of coffee by the Board.

Curing of Coffee

Section 27.Coffee to be cured in licensed curing establishments.

Section 28.Licensing of curing establishments.

Section 29.Information to be supplied to the Board in connection with curing.

Finance

Section 30.Separate funds to be maintained by the Board.

Section 31.General fund.

Section 32.Pool fund.

Section 32A.Power of the Board to make donation to the Gandhi National Memorial Fund.

Section 33.Power to borrow.

Section 34.Payments to registered owners.

Penalties and Procedure

Section 35.Failure to register.

Section 36.Contraventions of sections 16, 17 and 18.

Section 37.Unlicensed curing establishment.

Section 37A.Contravention of section 23(1).

Section 38.False returns.

Section 38A.Contravention of section 25.

Section 38B.Powers to seize coffee withheld from inclusion in surplus pool.

Section 39.Obstruction.

Section 39A.Offences by companies.

Section 40.Cognizance of offences.

Section 41.[Repealed.].

Section 42.Control by the Central Government.

Section 43.Appeals to the Central Government.

Section 44.Inspection of records.

Section 45.Accounts of the Board.

Section 46.Inspection of records of the Board and obtaining of copies.

Section 47.Contracts.

Section 47A.Bar of legal proceedings.

Section 48.Power of the Central Government to make rules.

Section 49.Repeal of Act 14 of 1935.

Section 50.[Repealed.].