Export of coffee
Section 20 of the Coffee Act, 1942 deals with export of coffee. No coffee shall be exported from [India] otherwise than by the Board or under an authorisation granted by the Board in the prescribed manner and in the prescribed cases, and the provisions of the [Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), shall have effect as if the provision made by this section had been mad The Act came into force on 02 Mar 1942.
No coffee shall be exported from 1[India] otherwise than by the Board or under an authorisation granted by the Board in the prescribed manner and in the prescribed cases, and the provisions of the 2[Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), shall have effect as if the provision made by this section had been made by notification issued under section 11] of that Act:
3[Provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to coffee--
(i) shipped as stores on board any vessel or aircraft in such quantity as the 4[Commissioner] considers reasonable, having regard to the number of the crew and passengers and the length of the voyage or journey, as the case may be, on which the vessel or aircraft is about to proceed, or
5[(ii) carried as personal baggage of a passenger, not exceeding such quantities as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, or
(iii) exported for such purposes and in such quantities as the Central Government may specify in the like manner :]]
6[Provided further that the Central Government may, by order in writing, specify the quantity of coffee which shall be permitted for export during any year and where any such order is made, no coffee shall be exported from India in excess of the said quantity :]
Provided further that the Central Government may exempt from the operation of this section, either absolutely or subject to conditions, the export of coffee from 1[India] 7[to the State of Jammu and Kashmir*] or to any foreign settlement bounded by India.
Section 20, The Coffee Act, 1942 (Act 7 of 1942).
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Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Coffee Board v. M/s Ramesh Exports Pvt. Ltd.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
SC allowed Coffee Board's appeal and held exporter's second suit for freight/recall losses from coffee shipped without ICO stamps barred by Order II Rule 2 CPC where the same cause of action (Board's alleged failure to supply export stamps for auctioned coffee under the Coffee Act pooling/export auction regime) underpinned the earlier suit. DATE VERIFIED Judgment 09.05.2014 (order-12.pdf).
On this section: s.20 Export of coffee — Coffee Board's statutory export-auction / ICO-stamp export control under the Act is the factual matrix; exporter claims arising from export without stamps must be pleaded wholly in one suit.
The holding above is the ratio decidendi as extracted from the judgment by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered — it is a rendering of the court's reasoning, not a substitute for its words. Read the order itself before relying on it.
Made under this section, and citing it
1 instrument names this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
Questions about Section 20
What have the courts held on Section 20 of the Coffee Act?
Coffee Board v. M/s Ramesh Exports Pvt. Ltd. (09 May 2014) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: s.20 Export of coffee — Coffee Board's statutory export-auction / ICO-stamp export control under the Act is the factual matrix; exporter claims arising from export without stamps must be pleaded wholly in one suit.
How do I find court cases under Section 20 of the Coffee Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Coffee Act 1942 20, section 20 Coffee Act 1942, section 20 of the Coffee Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Coffee Board v. M/s Ramesh Exports Pvt. Ltd. (09 May 2014).
What should I read with Section 20 of the Coffee Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 11 ([Repealed.]), so none of them can safely be read on its own. One instrument names it without being made under it, most recently The Coffee Rules 1955 (1955).
When did Section 20 of the Coffee Act come into force?
Section 20 of the Coffee Act, cited as Coffee Act 1942 20, came into force on 02 Mar 1942, having been enacted on 02 Mar 1942. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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