Prohibition of packing in any material other than the jute packaging material
Section 5 of the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987 deals with prohibition of packing in any material other than the jute packaging material. Where an order has been made under section 3 requiring any commodity, class of commodities or any percentage thereof to be packed in jute packaging material for their supply or distribution, such commodity, class of commodities or percentage thereof shall not, on and from the date specified in such The Act came into force on 14 May 1987.
Where an order has been made under section 3 requiring any commodity, class of commodities or any percentage thereof to be packed in jute packaging material for their supply or distribution, such commodity, class of commodities or percentage thereof shall not, on and from the date specified in such order, be supplied or distributed unless the same is packed in accordance with that order:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the supply or distribution of any commodity, class of commodities or percentage thereof for a period of three months from the aforesaid date if immediately before that date such commodity, class of commodities or percentage thereof, were being packed in any material other than jute packing material.
Section 5, The Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987 (Act 10 of 1987).
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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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Associated Cement Cos. Ltd. v. Union of India
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Cement packaging orders under s.3 stood; Jute Commissioner SCN for non-compliance cannot itself impose fine — fine for s.5 contravention only after criminal trial.
On this section: Applied s.5: packing other than jute packaging material in breach of s.3 order is offence for criminal court, not Commissioner fine.
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Questions about Section 5
What have the courts held on Section 5 of the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act?
Associated Cement Cos. Ltd. v. Union of India (21 Nov 2013) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Applied s.5: packing other than jute packaging material in breach of s.3 order is offence for criminal court, not Commissioner fine.
How do I find court cases under Section 5 of the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) 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: Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act 5, section 5 Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, section 5 of the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) 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 Associated Cement Cos. Ltd. v. Union of India (21 Nov 2013).
What should I read with Section 5 of the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 3 (Power to specify commodities which are required to be packed in jute packaging material), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 3 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it.
When did Section 5 of the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act come into force?
Section 5 of the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, cited as Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act 5, came into force on 14 May 1987, having been enacted on 09 May 1987. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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