This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Punjab's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Essential Commodities Act, 1955, which is the record this site keeps current.

Act 10 of 1955

Preamble

THE ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT, 19551 ACT NO. 10 OF 1955 [1st April, 1955.] An Act to provide, in the interest of the general public, for the control of the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce, in certain commodities. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

Sections

Type to filter. 16 sections.

1. 1Short title and extent
2. 2Definitions
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
6. 6
7. 7
8. 8Attempts and abetment
9. 9False statement
10. 10Offences by companies
11. 10CPresumption of culpable mental state
12. 11Cognizance of offences
13. 13Presumption as to orders
14. 14Burden of proof in certain cases
15. 15Protection of action taken under Act
16. 16Repeals and savings

Amending Acts

12 Acts amending this enactment, passed by Parliament of India. The text above is the consolidated text as published.

• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 201010 of 2010
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment and Validation) Act, 200910 of 2009
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 200610 of 2006
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 200310 of 2003
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 198510 of 1986
• The Essential Commodities (Second Amendment) Act, 198610 of 1986
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, I97110 of 1971
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 196710 of 1967
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 196610 of 1966
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 196410 of 1964
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 196110 of 1961
• The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 195710 of 1957

Rules made under this Act

12 sets of Rules. India Code publishes Rules as a record and a document rather than as text, so these are indexed here and not reproduced. All Rules.

• TPDS Control order Amendment 2024 in English2024
• Punjab Targeted Public Distribution System (Licensing and Control) Amendment Order, 20232023
• Punjab Targeted Public Distribution System (Licensing & Control) Order, 20162016
• Drugs Price Control Order 19952013
• Public Distribution System (Licensing And Control) Order, 2003 (English)2003
• The Liquified Petroleum Gas (Regulation Of Use In Motor Vehicles), Order, 2001 (English)2001
• Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of supply and distribution) Order , 20002000
• THE NAPTHA (ACQUISITION , SALE, STORAGE AND PREVENTION OF USE IN AUTOMOBILE) ORDER, 20002000
• The Solvent ,Raffinate and SLOP (Acquisition,sale,storage and prevention of *1USE in automobiles) Orders, 20002000
• Drugs Price Control Order 20131995
• Punjab Rice Procurement (levy) order, 19831983
• Punjab Hoarding And Profiteering Order (English) 19771977

Provenance. Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/c6de0262-54cc-4b84-adaa-567fdb48b2a4.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/8f68770d-cd71-40fd-b19e-aa46897c6000/content).

Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. Every one of the 16 sections of this Act has its own page. This page is not a substitute for legal advice.