Functions of the Board
Section 7 of the Spices Board Act, 1986 deals with functions of the Board. The Board may-- (i) develop, promote and regulate export of spices; The Act came into force on 26 Feb 1987.
(1) The Board may--
(i) develop, promote and regulate export of spices;
(ii) grant certificate for export of spices and register brokers therefor;
(iii) undertake programmes and projects for promotion of export of spices;
(iv) assist and encourage studies and research for improvement of processing, quality, techniques of grading and packaging of spices;
(v) strive towards stabilisation of prices of spices for export;
(vi) evolve suitable quality standards and introduce certification of quality through "Quality Marking" for spaces for export;
(vii) control quality of spices for export;
(viii) give licences, subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed, to the manufacturers of spices for export;
(ix) market any spice, if it considers necessary, in the interest of promotion of export;
(x) provide warehousing facilities abroad for spices;
(xi) collect statistics with regard to spices for compilation and publication;
(xii) import, with the previous approval of the Central Government, any spice for sale; and
(xiii) advise the Central Government on matters relating to import and export of spices.
(2) The Board may also--
(i) promote co-operative efforts among growers of cardamom;
(ii) ensure remunerative returns to growers of cardamom;
(iii) provide financial or other assistance for improved methods of cultivation and processing of cardamom, for replanting cardamom and for extension of cardamom growing areas;
(iv) regulate the sale of cardamom and stabilisation of prices of cardamom;
(v) provide training in cardamom testing and fixing grade standards of cardamom;
(vi) increase the consumption of cardamom and carry on propaganda for that purpose;
(vii) register and licence brokers (including auctioneers) of cardamom and persons engaged in the business of cardamom;
(viii) improve the marketing of cardamom;
(ix) collect statistics from growers, dealers and such other persons as may be prescribed on any matter relating to the cardamom industry; publish statistics so collected or portions thereof or extracts therefrom;
(x) secure better working conditions and the provision and improvement of amenities and incentives for workers; and
(xi) undertake, assist or encourage scientific, technological and economic research.
Section 7, 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.
Referred to by 2
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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Cardmons Growers Forever Private Limited v. The Spices Board & Ors.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Under s.7 of the Spices Board Act, 1986 and the Cardamom (Licensing and Marketing) Rules, 1987, primary cardamom trade must run through Board-licensed auctioneers/dealers into Board auction centres; private individuals cannot run parallel private e-auctions of cardamom — casus omissus cannot invent a private primary-auction right — and such private e-auctions are prohibited going forward.
On this section: Core teaching on s.7 Board functions to regulate cardamom marketing and licence auctioneers/dealers — private parallel e-auctions are outside the statutory licensing scheme.
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 name this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
Questions about Section 7
What have the courts held on Section 7 of the Spices Board Act?
Cardmons Growers Forever Private Limited v. The Spices Board & Ors. (28 Apr 2025) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Core teaching on s.7 Board functions to regulate cardamom marketing and licence auctioneers/dealers — private parallel e-auctions are outside the statutory licensing scheme.
How do I find court cases under Section 7 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 7, section 7 Spices Board Act 1986, section 7 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 Cardmons Growers Forever Private Limited v. The Spices Board & Ors. (28 Apr 2025).
What should I read with Section 7 of the Spices Board Act, and has it changed?
2 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. 2 instruments name it without being made under it, most recently Constitution of Spice Development Agency(s) (2015), then The Spice Board Rules, 1987 (1987).
When did Section 7 of the Spices Board Act come into force?
Section 7 of the Spices Board Act, cited as Spices Board Act 1986 7, 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
- 2. Definitions317 words
- 31. Offences by companies231 words
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