The COFFEE ACT, 1942

Control of Sale, Export and Re-import of Coffee

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

No registered owner shall sell or contract to sell coffee from any registered estate if by such sale the free sale quota allotted to that estate is exceeded nor shall a registered owner sell or contract to sell any coffee produced on his estate in any year for which no free sale quota is allotted to the estate.]