Sugar Export Promotion Ordinance, 1958

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' • • ' ' • • · . . . . . . , • • ' .• ,., :. ·EXTRAORDINARY•;. · ,'.~ oi. ~_.! '.;_.;: .. . ; . . ' • PART II-Section I • • • . . ' ) . • "..,, ,. ;•: l t . . . . . , ' ,. . • • ···I ••• i. •. • . . . . . . ' .,, . a No. 22] ::s! NEW DELID, FRIDAY, JUNE 27.,. 1'958/ASADHA 6J·188a • • • • • • • •-· ,,,. ,. .. ~ '~ ==========~=======-===-==::.:·===========::--=--=--~=-.:-. --=-=-====:::::=-=====-=-. ., .:. ' . tr .... . ~ • f ., • •• • • • • • • • • :· . MINISTRY OF: L~W.' .. ~ . . . ·.: • ! , .. ' . ' .. .,, >l ,· I ... , • I:• • I • • ' ... . I \ ', I , • • •• . . . . • . . New. D~lhi; :the 2.7t.h June,. 1958/ Asadka ~ 6~ 1880,. (Saka) • . ' • • _THE .. SUGAR EXPORT PROlVIOTTQN . QRT)I~.ANCE, t958 • • . . . ..,. ·- . > ' ' • ., . . ' . .. • .. .. . . / . . . . ' . . . . ' . ·' .. . .· .. ·. .. No. s· OF' 1958· . .·t•:;\ •• ,t t.f·;!~l r·' • '; • • ' .• t • • . • : • .. • . "·. .'f'~ • , .. ,. . . \.:. ' . . ---~-------- • • j • - , • - . · l . , : ·: · , ·. ···, ,· ( ' ~ ... , .,,,, , ' . ... .. l>romulgated by . the President . .in the,:, ;Niuth ,i\; ea1; c,t the · • ;~. .. . .. . :' . , . . . Republic. of India .. • t~;. •• } ~:_ .• i 1 ~i·· ... , .. . •. ~ ,, ' • . ,. .. · • • ' ·•·t /., .. ,. .:\·, \ Ordinance to proyide for the expo ft: .9t • iug~r iii': the pi1 blic • •• • • ·interest· and. for ··the levy and collec·tion· in. certain c,ircum- stances of an additional dt1ty of excise on sugar pfOdu~ed · · • 1·n Ind1· a· · · · , · .- · · · : • ·t · : • ·: ; - , • " ·" '. ; • : ; : -~ • • • .· • ~ i ~ . ~ · ,. . ~ ... ·. '.. .. • • ·, ♦ • • " •• • ,- • • ... ' . ' • •• , . .. . . ' ) . . ... - '·•· .- , , .,. •• • ~ 1; .' .... ,,:. r •' • • • •• « ., ' • • , • : e . ..; .. • ~ - . · • 1 • • ~ , ♦ • ,. : t., : • • ~ .• C .: • •• o • •· ... • 4 .,, • • • .... ~ . . . - . , WHEREAS Parliament is not i·n session .a.nd the Pre;;ident is satisfied ' 1 • • • :. - ~ ; ( . ,. • , that circumstances. exis_t 'Vhich .r~;ider .it. 11eces.s~ar~ for hfm _to take ~ . . l·mmed1"ate act1·on • . .. , , . . •. . . . ,,.. .. . . ._.. ~ .,.. . .. ; ...... ••• , '; .•• ·,. ·., __ ,: 1: . .J • '.'• ,·:t:•·t1 ••.• ,·;._ ·1:. i• ~--~·; . . . -· .. ' , . . . Now, THEREFORE, in exercise·.of, the •powers confer~ed by~. claus~ 1 (1). • of a1~ticle 123 of .the Constitution, tl1~ .. :P:r.esideqt is ~ pleased ,to promuJg~te the. followi~g Ortjinance: . ~ , .. ~: . ; , ~ ;_ .~t, 1 Ii< ; : ~ , . ; i ; :,· _ •• . • ' • , • ,. rw · • • ' • • •• ··1··. . ;. : ' . ~ f .•• ,. : '•. ' • ' 1. • (1) • This Otdillance lllay be ; ca11ed the Sugar • Ek!)Ort -~rom'.9ti0n Short title, . Ordinance, 1958'. ~' •• • • • • • • • • • • · i • • 1· • ''. .' · . . •• • '· • ' i _' • • : '. . :::e:~:- , " • , ,t: J. ,~ •. "f ···f ~ .._~Jt ·.,. :,:s, l•.~,. .,,~ 1t~, • ·,. '✓ : • ' • ,, j • .• • •.· •~ ,- /. .. , ,.1 .- d , ~, 'II • l i: ~ i • , a, t - • • • • ment. . (2) It. extends to _the whole of India. . .. , a• i .. , . .: _ ,.- •• •. 1 -: . ,. .. .. • •• J t .. ,. . \ l .• ~,, l •• ' »: ~ .. ~ ., ,, .. ' !: . ~ ' • 1 , ... • " .. i• ,. ~ ,. . . . , ' ' • •• • •· • .., • ., • • " • · ' ... · - ; · ,. 1 ' ,. ' '• ~ · . , .. I • • • • T • ~ •• (3) It s~all come into fo~c;e· __ at .once._ 1 ·; !:~· •• ;- 7 ~f•,.-~·: •. . ··: ,:·;i 1 ._ :-,· 1 .· /,,!:.: :- - • • . . . . ·. . '. • • ◄ ~... , •. • .: .' • .. .. ., . . . .. . . .. , . -► .. ' , • • • ' ... ~ t(- .... '~ ► ,·Iii'. ... '·,,.,, .·. • : ·~ •• ·: . ,.,, • ·--.·: .,., , •. , .. , t.J .. ; .. • 2. In this Ordinance, unless the ¢on text . oth'etjvise :requires, . , . , 1 Definitions. . • . . . . ,. ~ . . . . . (a) "export", ~eans taking OU~ 0~ In,dia .~r, ,se~, I~~~ or air; • • .• . ' . . . . . . .. - • ( 143) . . . -· • • Export agency. 144 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY (PART II ================ ==-===-:: (b) "export agency" means any such agency as may be specified iri this behalf under section 3, and when no such agency . has been so specified, the Central Government; (c) "export quota" means the export quota referred to in section 5; (d) "factory" means any premises (including the precincts thereof) wherein sugar is being prodµced by the vacuum pan process; ( e) "ewner''- (i) with reference to any factory the possession of which has been transferred by jase, mortgage or otherwise, means the transferee so long as his right to possession subsists, (ii) with reference · to any factory for which an agent, by whatever name called, is employed, means the agent if, and in so far as, he has been duly authorised by the owner in that behalf, and (iii) with reference to any factory the management of which has been taken over by any person or body of persons • under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, • . 1951, means that person or body of persons; 65 of 1 (J) "sugar" means any form of sugar containing more than ninety per cent. of sucrose; {g) "year" means the year beginning on the first day of May. . 3. (1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the Central Govern­ Dtent may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify as an export ~gency any company within the meaning of the Companies Act, 1956, or any body of persons established or recognised as a body 1 of 195 corporate by or under any other law for the time being in force. L (2) Where any such company or other body corporate has been specified as an e~port agency, it shall be lawful for such agency to perform all or any ol the functions of an export agency under this 'ordinance, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the memorandum or a~icles of association of the company or, as the case may be, the law applicable thereto. Fixation of 4. (1) Th~ Central Government may, by notification in the Official quantity of • Gazette, fix from time to time the quantity of sugar which mav be sugar for ted d • ·od d • fi • h • h ~ purposes of expor urmg any per1 , an , 1n xmg sue quantity, t e Central , export. Govwnment shall have regard to- Cl (a) the quantitv of suga:r available in India, r l : • ' t :,~· :i ~- ~. ~ f;~ ' THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY (b) the quantity of sugar which, in its opinion, would b& reasonably required for consumption in India, ( c) the necessity for exporting sugar with a view to earning foreign exchange in the public interest. (2) The power conferred by sub-section (1) shall be .so exercised as to ensure that the quantity fixed under that sub-section for any year does not exceed in the aggregate fifteen per cent .. of the quantity of sugar produced in India in the season ending with the month of October falling within that year. 5. The Central Government shall, by order in writing, apportion Export the quantity of sugar fixed from time to time for purPoses of export 1a':;;~rie;.0 ' under section 4 among the owners in proportion to the quantity of . sugar produced, or lil~ely to be produced, by them respectively during the season referred to in sub-section (2) of section 4, and such order shall be communicated to each of the owners, and the quantity so apportioned shall be deemed to be the export quota for ~e factory of that owner. 6. (J) Every owner shall, on demand by the export agency, Liability of deliver to it from time to time sugar produced in his factory in 8uch downli er to - e vcr quantities (not exceeding in the aggregate his export quota fixed export for the factory or group of factories, as the case may be) of such ::;:;t to gra<!e, in such manner, within such tjme and at such place, as may agency. be specified by the export agency in thi$ behalf. (2) When sugar has been delivered by an owner in accordanc.-e with. the. provisions of sub-section (1), the owner shall retain no rights in respect of such sug~r except his right to receive payment therefor under section 9. 7. (1) Where sugar delivered by arty owner falls short of the ~.1'1· export quota fixed for it by any quantity (hereinafter refert~d to as :!t~'T~tY the said quantity), there shall be levied and collected on so much of1j,i, :~gar. _ the sugar despatched from the factory for constimplton in India ~ -• . •• is equal to the said quantity, a duty of, excise at the rate of seventeep • • rupees per maund. • • (2) The duty of excise referred to in sub-section (1) ·shaJl be in addition to the duty of. excise chargeable on suga'r under any other law for the time being in force, and shall be paid by the owner to such authority as may be specified in the _ notice demanding the payment of duty and within such period not exceeding ninety ck,ys as may be specified in su~h notice. • • • · · · •, Q •--· - ....... • • • 146 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDI~~~~ ---~ - ~-I ===-·-. :~~:=-=-==-=-..:.::_-=--=--- • .:..: --= -::~ :..::-i-=---:::.:~ a~-; pa-r._ of the> (3) If any such owner does not pay t e w o e . ~ . • d t. bl by him within the period referred to m sub-secti_on u y paya e . f th' t. d· (2), he shall be liable to pay in respect of every period O rr "i ~ys or 'part thereof during which the default continues_ a penalty which t d t ten oer cent. of the duty outstanding from time to may ex en o ~ . ' ◄ time,, the penalty being adjudged in th_~ ·same manner as ~rte pena1,y to which a person is liable under the rules made under 1.lle Central . . . . . I of 1~ Excises· ana Salt Act, 1944, 1s adJudged. . . . (4) The p~ovisions of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944, and I of 1s the rules made thereunder, including those relating to ,refunds and exemptions from duty, shall, so far as may be, apply _in relation to • the levy .and collection of the duty -of excise or any other sum refer­ red to in this section as they apply in rei"ation to the levy and collec­ tion of . the· duty on sugar or other sums of money payable to the Central Government under that Act or the rules made thereunder; • · ·• J • S. (1) The export · agency shall take all prc,1ctical mea5ures to export -sugar delivered to it under this Ordinance: Sale by export agency of sugar denv.ered. Provided · that, if the export agency is of opinion that having regard to the quality of the sugar delivered to it by any awner, or , • to _the e~pen~es ,invqlv~d in transporting the sugar .from one place to '. , . . a~oth_~r/ or to . the delay. likely to be involved in exporting it, or to . • _th~ c0n?itiqn~ prevailing in the markets for sugar, whether in or out , . •.of india, or to any other relevant c_ircumstance, it is exped~ent. so to • •· :: ·a.o; the export agericy: ~ay s~ll the whole 9r any part of the sugar in India· and may·, if it thinks fit,-purchase such quantity of sugar as it tr1ay consider necessary for export at the appropriate time. . . . (2) For the purposes ?f sub-section (1), the export agency may itself SE:11 sugar or permit the owner to sell the whole or ~ny part of the export quota in his custody at a, price approved by it on cond1tlon that the i:-ale-proceeds are payable to it. Payments to • . . . . owners in '.· · , • 9. • (.1) . The export agency shall, at such time · as 1t thmks fit make .. ,. . ' ' • !~ia~ct of_:; ;'to_" _the owners w~o ha~€ delivered sugar to it under this Ordinance, delivered. • ~·'payments, determmed m accordance with the provisions 4ereina·fter in this s_ection contained. (2) From the total sale-proceeds in respect of the r1uantit.y fixed for export umler section · 4 for any year, there shall be deducted . the total expenditure incurred by the export agency in respect of the sugar, whether by way of administrative expenses or otherwise, and the balance shall · be apportioned among the owners in proportion to t~e quantity of sugar delivered , by them respectively during that year . • . . • • ' • . , ., ' •• ., .. f ... }· . ·' .. ' . ' ' :,, . . , . ;... . . : ; .. ~ :. l' ... , ~ 1 •• ;; .... ' r , ' ' y : .. ·.: .• .. . . , i • • .. • ' ,. i; ~- ,;·: . ' . t~· ~~:. f t .. ·., -: , ·. , ' ,,;,,' ., >· _, ,, : .. , :: 4 ,! ,: ,' ,. ' ~-·" ' . .--'; ,, . ~ . ,::t .. I., ~r- 1 : ~ ..• ,·! ~ .. '• :­ ,' . : .. , ' -'; ,• .. . ,, •• ·,. ..... -. ;,· .. ,. ' , -r - ' . .. , ,, , ' . . . . .: .. ' . ' ~- . ' . •, ., • J. ' . ' ' . •. ~- ' ! • ,, ,, I ,· . . , ~ ;~: ~- ' ' 1.,/ , .. ... ,, ,., " ' .. . , . " ... . ' ! ' ., ... .. ' ' .·,:f' ,. : ' . • ... • • SEC. 1] • nlE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY i . 147 . (3) In ·making any distribution under this section, the export agency shall_ make such adjustme11ts as may be necessclf:\r ha,rir1g regard to th~ grade __ of sugar delivered by any .owner, the adjt1st1ne~J1·s • being made on the basis of sugar of ISS-E-29 grade anrl with .1ef~r­ ence to the price differential schedule for different grades of sugar \,,·hich the Central Go_vernment may, by notification in the ()ffic!al Gazette,. ;publish in this behalf. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section and s\1bject to the rules which may be made in this behalf, ·the exoclt't , . agency may make on account payments to owners against docu- - • men ts of del-ivery of sugar furnished by them, and such_ paymer.tts shall be adjusted at the time of fin·a1 payment. . • , .. •· 10. The export agency specified ---under section 3 shall be bound, Power of in the discharge of its functions under this Ordinance, by such general &~~:!nent or special directio,ns as the Central Government may give to jt in t;~~:ns. writing_~ . , . . • - • 11. The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Delegation of Gazette, direct, tha_t any power conferred on it by this Ordina11ce _powers. shall, subject to s11rh conditions, if any, as may be specified in the notification, be exercisable also by such . officer or authority· sub- • ordinate to the Central Government as may be specified in the not1fica tion. • • 12. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against Protection cf 1 he export agency or the Central Government or any of its officers actdion 0takde~ .. un er r 1- for or in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended nance. to be done in pu~·suance of this Ordinance · • or any rule or 01 .. der • made thereunder. 13. (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Power to _ Official Gazette, make rules f9r carrying out the purposes of this make rulesi •• Ordinance. •• (2) In particular, a11d without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing pow.er, such rules may provide f-0r · all or---· siny of the following matters, namely:- .. • (a) the submission by owners to such authority as may_ be speci_~ed in this behalf, of returns or reports • or other inf or·ma­ tion relating_ to th~ manufacture, sale, despatch, stocks and . . ' .. · ~ . . . . . .. • .. ,. ,t .. '•~ : prices. of ·sugar;., : ·. '. : , : · - - • - .. : . . . . ! , ,, . ' . .. • ,' • ' • ·-· .......... , ..... ·-.· ..• -:-·· -~ -·· ........... ,; .. ~•·~·•#······ ,. ...... -.•-.~-:·•-,···· •·"-··•:-·• .. - ... •···· ...... -.--.. - .......... , ... _. ..... - ........ _ ..... .; ..... ;."I-.- .......... _; "-·1 ••• ...... • •• ~ , ••• : •• • •• •• ... ,, ••• , ............ --•• ,... ,. • • •• • • • • • • ~ • • I . . . 148 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART 11-SEc. 1 ======:..;=-=-===-=======.:====:::::. ==============-==-----~-.... --.-- ·- --... ---""''-• (b) the manne1· in which the accounts of the export agency may be maintained and audited; ( c) the inspect.ion of records and registers of factories and the export agency; {d) the making of payments by the export agency to owners; (e) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Ordinance. (3) In making a rule under this sec;tion, the Central Government may direct that a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine which • - may extend to five thousand rupees. • , • •· • • • . . . • • • RAJENDRA· PRASAD, President. G. R. RAJAGOPAUL, AddZ. Secy. to the Govt- nf India . • • ... • . • • ------------------------------- PRINTED IN INDIA BY TifE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVT. OP INDIA PRESS, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS., DELHI, 1958 .. • • • - .. • • I' ... ;, . . . , . ' ,