Right to export licences
Section 21 of the Tea Act, 1953 deals with right to export licences. The owner of a tea estate or a sub-division of a tea estate to which an export quota has been allotted for any financial year shall have the right to obtain at any time export licences during that year to cover the export of tea up to the amount of the unexhausted balance of the quota, that is, up t The Act came into force on 01 Apr 1956.
(1) The owner of a tea estate or a sub-division of a tea estate to which an export quota has been allotted for any financial year shall have the right to obtain at any time export licences during that year to cover the export of tea up to the amount of the unexhausted balance of the quota, that is, up to the amount of the quota less the amount for which the export licences have already been issued against it.
(2) The right of the owner of a tea estate or a sub-division of a tea estate under this section may be transferred subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, and the transferee of any such right may again transfer the whole or any part of his right to the owner of a tea estate, or a sub-division of a tea estate but not to any other person:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall operate to restrict the issue of licences for the export of tea expressed to be sold with export rights.
(3) The owner of any tea estate or any sub-division of a tea estate to which an export quota has been allotted or any person to whom he has transferred his rights may at any time before the 21st day of March of the financial year to which the quota relates apply in writing to the Board for an export licence to cover the export of tea up to the amount of the amount of the unexhausted balance of the quota.
(4) Every licence shall be in duplicate in the prescribed form, shall bear the date of its issue and shall be valid up to the end of the financial year in which it is issued:
Provided that, save as provided in section 22, the Board shall not issue any export licence after the end of the financial year in which the application for licence was made.
Section 21, The Tea Act, 1953 (Act 29 of 1953).
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Questions about Section 21
What does Section 21 of the Tea Act deal with?
Section 21 of the Tea Act is headed "Right to export licences". The owner of a tea estate or a sub-division of a tea estate to which an export quota has been allotted for any financial year shall have the right to obtain at any time export licences during that year to cover the export of tea up to the amount of the unexhausted balance of the quota, that is, up t
How do I find court cases under Section 21 of the Tea 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: Tea Act 1953 21, section 21 Tea Act 1953, section 21 of the Tea Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 21 of the Tea Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 22 (Special Export Licences), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. One instrument names it without being made under it, most recently The Tea Rules, 1954 (1954).
When did Section 21 of the Tea Act come into force?
Section 21 of the Tea Act, cited as Tea Act 1953 21, came into force on 01 Apr 1956, having been enacted on 28 May 1953. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 49. Power of Central Government to make rules825 words
- 16D. Power of Central Government to assume management or control of tea undertaking or tea unit in certain cases621 words
- 30. Power to control price and distribution of tea or tea waste531 words
- 51. Repeals and savings526 words
- 16B. Power to cause investigation to be made in relation to a tea undertaking or tea unit449 words
- 15. Grant of permission to plant tea in special circumstances443 words
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