Jute Packing Materials (Compulsory Use In Packing Commodities) Act, 1987
No: 10 Dated: May, 09 1987
The Jute Packing Materials (Compulsory Use In Packing Commodities) Act, 1987
Act No 10 of 1987
An Act to provide for the compulsory use of jute packaging material in the supply and distribution of certain commodities in the interests of production of raw jute and jute packaging material, and of persons engaged in the production thereof, and for matters connected therewith.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-eight Year of the Republic of India as follows:
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "commodity" means-
(i) any essential commodity;
(ii) any article manufactured or produced by any scheduled industry;
(b) "essential commodity" shall have the same meaning as in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955);
(c) "jute packaging material" means jute, jute yarn, jute twine, jute sacking cloth, hessian cloth, jute bags or any other packaging material containing not less than seventy-five per cent., by weight, of jute;
(d) "scheduled industry" shall have the same meaning as in the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951);
(e) "standing Advisory Committee" means the Standing Advisory Committee constituted under section 4.
3. Power to specify commodities which are required to be packed in jute packaging material. - (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Central Government may, if it is satisfied, after considering the recommendations made to it by the Standing Advisory Committee, that it is necessary so to do in the interests of production of raw jute and jute packaging material, and of persons engaged in the production thereof, by order published in the Official Gazette, direct, from time to time, that such commodity or class of commodities or such percentage thereof, as may be specified in the order, shall, on and from such date, as may be specified in the order, be packed for the purposes of its supply or distribution in such jute packaging material as may be specified in the order:
Provided that until such time as the Standing Advisory Committee is constituted under section 4, the Central Government shall, before making any order under this sub-section, consider the matters specified in sub-section (2) of section 4, and any order so made shall cease to operate at the expiration of three months from the date on which the Standing Advisory Committee makes its recommendations.
(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the order or both Houses agree that the order should not be made, the order shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that order.
4. Constitution of Standing Advisory Committee. - (1) The Central Government shall, with a view to determining the commodity or class of commodities or percentages thereof in respect of which jute packaging material shall be used in their packing, constitute a Standing Advisory Committee consisting of such persons as have, in the opinion of that Government, the necessary expertise to give advice in the matter.
(2) The Standing Advisory Committee shall, after considering the following matters, indicate its recommendations to the Central Government, namely:-
(a) the existing level of usage of jute material;
(b) the quantity of raw jute available;
(c) the quantity of jute material available;
(d) the protection of interests of persons engaged in the jute industry and in the production of raw jute;
(e) the need for continued maintenance of jute industry;
(f) the quantity of commodities which, in its opinion, is likely to be required for packing in jute material;
(g) such other matters as the Standing Advisory Committee may think fit.