Constitution of the Board
Section 4 of the Coffee Act, 1942 deals with constitution of the Board. The Board constituted by the name of the Indian Coffee Market Expansion Board under section 4 of the Indian Coffee Market Expansion Ordinance, 1940 (13 of 1940), shall be the [Coffee Board] for the purposes of this Act. The Act came into force on 02 Mar 1942.
(1) The Board constituted by the name of the Indian Coffee Market Expansion Board under section 4 of the Indian Coffee Market Expansion Ordinance, 1940 (13 of 1940), shall be the 1[Coffee Board] for the purposes of this Act.
2[3[4(2) The Board shall consist of--
(a) a Chairman to be appointed by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette;
(b) three Members of Parliament of whom two shall be elected by the House of the People and one by the Council of States; and
(c) such number of other members not exceeding twenty-nine as the Central Government may think expedient, to be appointed by that Government by notification in the Official Gazette from among persons who are in its opinion capable of representing,--
(i) Governments of the principal coffee-growing States;
(ii) coffee-growing industry;
(iii) coffee trade interests;
(iv) curing establishments;
(v) interests of labour;
(vi) interests of consumers; and
(vii) such other interests as, in the opinion of the Central Government, ought to be represented on the Board.
(2A) The number of persons to be appointed as members from each of the categories specified in clause (c) of sub-section (2), the term of office of, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, and the manner of filling vacancies among, the members of the Board shall be such as may be prescribed.]
(2B) Any officer of the Central Government when deputed by that Government in this behalf shall have the right to attend meetings of the Board and take part in the proceedings thereof but shall not be entitled to vote.]
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6[(4)] No act done by the Board shall be questioned on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Board.
7[(5) It is hereby declared that the office of member of the Board shall not disqualify its holder for being chosen as, or for being, a member of either House of Parliament.]
Section 4, The Coffee Act, 1942 (Act 7 of 1942).
Cross-references
Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.
Referred to by 9
- s. 3 Definitions
- s. 48 Power of the Central Government to make rules
- Fertiliser (Control) Order 1985 s. 2
- Finance Act s. 4 Amendment of section 10
- Finance Act s. 6 Amendment of section 10
- Finance Act s. 16 Amendment of section 33AB
- Income-tax Act s. 10 Incomes not included in total income
- Income-tax Act s. 33AB Tea development account ,coffee development account and rubber development account
- Odisha Offices of Profit (Removal of Disqualifications) Act s. 5
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. Thangum Coffee Curing Works
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Dismissed Coffee Board RFA on pool-agent stock shortage claim arising from Coffee Act pooling/agency arrangements; Board as statutory authority under Coffee Act is not “Central Government” for Limitation Act Art.112’s 30-year period; recovery suit barred; pool shortage not proved by stock cards alone.
On this section: NEW ACT teaching fill on s.4 Board constitution: the Board’s statutory identity under the Coffee Act does not make it Central Government for limitation, parallel to Tea Act s.4 Board-constitution teaching.
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
2 instruments state that it was made under this provision — the power to make it comes from here, so a change to any of them changes what this section requires in practice. Newest first.
Questions about Section 4
What have the courts held on Section 4 of the Coffee Act?
Coffee Board v. Thangum Coffee Curing Works (26 Feb 2021) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: NEW ACT teaching fill on s.4 Board constitution: the Board’s statutory identity under the Coffee Act does not make it Central Government for limitation, parallel to Tea Act s.4 Board-constitution teaching.
How do I find court cases under Section 4 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 4, section 4 Coffee Act 1942, section 4 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. Thangum Coffee Curing Works (26 Feb 2021).
What should I read with Section 4 of the Coffee Act, and has it changed?
9 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 2: most recently The Coffee(Amendment) Rules 2016 (2016), then The Coffee Rules 1955 (1955).
When did Section 4 of the Coffee Act come into force?
Section 4 of the Coffee Act, cited as Coffee Act 1942 4, 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.
Other sections of this Act
- 48. Power of the Central Government to make rules730 words
- 25. Surplus coffee and surplus pool486 words
- 3. Definitions418 words
- 20. Export of coffee256 words
- 29. Information to be supplied to the Board in connection with curing244 words
- 39A. Offences by companies232 words
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