The COFFEE ACT, 1942

Chapter Sections

Section 1 — Short title, extent and duration.

(1) This Act may he called the Coffee Act, 1942.

(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir *. [Omitted]

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  1. 11.[Repealed.].
  2. 12.[Repealed.].
  3. 13.[Repealed.].
  4. 14.Registration of owners of coffee estates.
  5. 15.Power of State Government to make rules.
  6. 16.Fixation of prices for sale of coffee.
  7. 17.Sale of coffee in excess of free sale quota.
  8. 18.Sale of coffee, how made.
  9. 19.[Repealed.].
  10. 20.Export of coffee.
  11. 21.Re-import of coffee exported from India.
  12. 22.Free sale quota.
  13. 23.Returns to be made by registered owners.
  14. 24.Licences for sale of uncured coffee.
  15. 25.Surplus coffee and surplus pool.
  16. 26.Sales of coffee by the Board.
  17. 27.Coffee to be cured in licensed curing establishments.
  18. 28.Licensing of curing establishments.
  19. 29.Information to be supplied to the Board in connection with curing.
  20. 30.Separate funds to be maintained by the Board.
  21. 31.General fund.
  22. 32.Pool fund.
  23. 32A.Power of the Board to make donation to the Gandhi National Memorial Fund.
  24. 33.Power to borrow.
  25. 34.Payments to registered owners.
  26. 35.Failure to register.
  27. 36.Contraventions of sections 16, 17 and 18.
  28. 37.Unlicensed curing establishment.
  29. 37A.Contravention of section 23(1).
  30. 38.False returns.
  31. 38A.Contravention of section 25.
  32. 38B.Powers to seize coffee withheld from inclusion in surplus pool.
  33. 39.Obstruction.
  34. 39A.Offences by companies.
  35. 40.Cognizance of offences.
  36. 41.[Repealed.].
  37. 42.Control by the Central Government.
  38. 43.Appeals to the Central Government.
  39. 44.Inspection of records.
  40. 45.Accounts of the Board.
  41. 46.Inspection of records of the Board and obtaining of copies.
  42. 47.Contracts.
  43. 47A.Bar of legal proceedings.
  44. 48.Power of the Central Government to make rules.
  45. 49.Repeal of Act 14 of 1935.
  46. 50.[Repealed.].
  47. 1.Short title, extent and duration.
  48. 2.Declaration as to expediency of Union control.
  49. 3.Definitions.
  50. 4.Constitution of the Board.
  51. 5.Incorporation of the Board.
  52. 6.Vesting of property in the Board.
  53. 6A.Consultation with the Board.
  54. 7.Committees, staff and agents.
  55. 8.Salary and allowances of Chairman.
  56. 8A.Vice-Chairman.
  57. 9.Chief Coffee Marketing Officer, Secretary and other Staff.
  58. 10.Dissolution of the Board.