No person to export spices without certificate
Section 11 of the Spices Board Act, 1986 deals with no person to export spices without certificate. Save as otherwise provided in this Act, no person shall, after the commencement of this Act, commence or carry on the business of export of any spice except under and in accordance with a certificate: Provided that a person carrying on the business of export of spices immediately before the commence The Act came into force on 26 Feb 1987.
Save as otherwise provided in this Act, no person shall, after the commencement of this Act, commence or carry on the business of export of any spice except under and in accordance with a certificate:
Provided that a person carrying on the business of export of spices immediately before the commencement of this Act, may continue to do so for a period of three months from such commencement; and if he has made an application for such certificate within the said period of three months till the disposal of such application.
Explanation.--The reference in this section to the commencement of this Act shall be construed in relation to any spice added to the Schedule by notification under the proviso to clause (n) of section 2 as reference to the date with effect from which such spice is added to the Schedule.
Section 11, The Spices Board Act, 1986 (Act 10 of 1986).
Cross-references
Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.
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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Saras Spices Private Limited v. Spices Board & Anr.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
A registered spices exporter under s.11 of the Spices Board Act, 1986 is subject to Board quality evaluation before export, but neither the Act nor the Rules authorise a circular that bars re-testing of samples for any reason whatsoever. A subordinate circular that treats the Board laboratory’s adverse Sudan-Dye finding as conclusive, without any re-test pathway despite civil consequences (destruction of the consignment), is manifestly arbitrary under Article 14; the circular is struck down to that extent and the Board is directed to draw and re-test the consignment in its own or another accredited laboratory.
On this section: Empty Spices s.11 teaching fill (export without certificate prohibited / exporter registration) — quality-control powers incidental to the s.11 registration regime (does not re-pad Spices 3/7).
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
3 instruments name this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
Questions about Section 11
What have the courts held on Section 11 of the Spices Board Act?
Saras Spices Private Limited v. Spices Board & Anr. (08 Jan 2025) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Empty Spices s.11 teaching fill (export without certificate prohibited / exporter registration) — quality-control powers incidental to the s.11 registration regime (does not re-pad Spices 3/7).
How do I find court cases under Section 11 of the Spices Board 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: Spices Board Act 1986 11, section 11 Spices Board Act 1986, section 11 of the Spices Board 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 Saras Spices Private Limited v. Spices Board & Anr. (08 Jan 2025).
What should I read with Section 11 of the Spices Board Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 2 (Definitions), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 2 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. 3 instruments name it without being made under it, most recently The Spice Board (Quality Marking) Regulations, 1992 (1992), then The Spices Board (Registration of Exporters) Regulations,1989 (1989).
When did Section 11 of the Spices Board Act come into force?
Section 11 of the Spices Board Act, cited as Spices Board Act 1986 11, came into force on 26 Feb 1987, having been enacted on 20 Mar 1986. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 3. Constitution and incorporation of the Board419 words
- 19. Power of the Central Government to supersede the Board366 words
- 38. Power to make rules356 words
- 6. Transfer of assets and liabilities of the Cardamom Board and the Spices Export Promotion Council to the Board337 words
- 7. Functions of the Board334 words
- 2. Definitions317 words
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