The Punjab Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1955
Preamble
1955 : Pb. Act 11] COTTON GINNING AND PRESSING FACTORIES THE PUNJAB COTTON GINNING AND PRESSING FACTORIES ACT, 1955. TABLE OF CONTENTS Sections. 1. Short t'tle, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. 3. Maintenance of registers. 4. Prohibition of admixture of cotton in specified areas and penalties therefor. 5. Penalty for watering, etc. 6. Examination of cotton packages or bales. 7. Entry and inspection. 8. Marking of bales. 9. Returns. 10 Scales and weights. 11. Fixation of pressing and ginning charges. 12. Liability of lessee or mortgagee as owner. 13. Liability on transfer of ownership. 14. Structural requirements for factories. 15. Restriction on closure of factories. 16. Liability of officers of a company. 17. Cognizance of offences. 18. Power of the Central Government to make rules. 19. Power to reject unmarked bales in fulfilment of contract. 20. Protection of action taken under the Act. 21. Penalty for obstructing Inspector and for failure to produce documents. 22. Penalty. 23. Repeal and Savings. IndiaCode 1955 : Pb. Act II] COTTON GINNING AND PRESSING FACTORIES 1THE PUNJAB COTTON GINNING AND PRESSING FACTORIES ACT, 1955. Punjab Act II of 1955. [ Received the assent off the President on the 8th March, 1955, and first published in the Punjab Government (Gazette Extraordinary) of 22nd March, 1955]. Year No. Short title Whether repealed or other- wise effected by Legislation II The Punjab Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1955 Amended by Punjab Act No. 36 of 1957.' Extended to the territories which immediately before the 1st November, 1956. were comprised in the State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union by Punjab Act No. 18 of 1958.3 Amended by Punjab Act No. 25 of 1964.ª Amended by Punjab Act No. 19 of 1965.5 Amended by the Punjab Reorganisation (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of Laws on State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1968. AN ACT to provide for better regulation of Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories. It is hereby enacted as follows :- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1953. Short title, extent and commence- ment. 1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1953, page 1598. 2For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1957, dated the 2nd May, 1957. 3For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1958, page 546K. "For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1964, pages 935-37. 5For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1965, pages 630. COTTON GINNING AND PRESSING FACTORIES [1955 : Pb. Act II (2) It shall extend to the whole of "[Union Territory of Chandigarh]. (3) It shall come into force at once. Definitions.
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