Sugarcane Act, 1934
No: 15 Dated: May, 01 1934
THE SUGAR-CANE ACT, 1934
ACT NO. 15 OF 1934
An Act to regulate the price of sugar-cane intended for use in sugar factories.
WHEREAS it is expedient, for the purpose of assuring to sugar-cane growers a fair price for their produce, to regulate the price at which sugar-cane intended to be used in the manufacture of sugar may be purchased by or for factories;
It is hereby enacted as follows:—
1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Sugar-cane Act, 1934.
(2) It extends to the whole of India, except the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States.
(3) This section shall come into force at once; the remaining sections of this Act shall come into force in any State on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in that behalf.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(1) “controlled area” means any area specified in a notification issued under sub-section (1) of section 3;
(2) “factory” means any premises (including the precincts thereof) wherein twenty or more workers are working or were working on any day of the preceding twelve months and in any part of which any manufacturing process connected with the production of sugar is being carried on or is ordinarily carried on with the aid of power; and
(3) “sugar” means any form of sugar containing more than ninety per cent. of sucrose
3. Declaration of controlled areas and fixing of prices.—(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any areas specified in the notification to be a controlled area for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, fix a minimum price or minimum prices for the purchase in any controlled area of sugar-cane intended for use in any factory.
(3) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette prohibit in any controlled area the purchase of sugar-cane intended for use in any factory otherwise than from the grower of the sugar-cane or from a person licensed by the State Government to act as a purchasing agent.