Section 3: Declaration of controlled areas and fixing of prices.

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any areas specified in the notification to be a controlled area for the purposes of this Act.

(2) [Omitted] The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, fix a minimum price or minimum prices for the purchase in any controlled area of sugar-cane intended for use in any factory.

(3) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette prohibit in any controlled area the purchase of sugar-cane intended for use in any factory otherwise than from the grower of the sugar-cane or from a person licensed by the State Government to act as a purchasing agent.