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(1) This Act may be called the East Punjab Con- Short title and servation of Firewood Supplies Act, 1949.. . ffl - (2) It extends to the whole of the‘[Union Territory o igarh]. - . Chanzc'l gIn zhis Act, unless there is anything repugnant 1N pefinitions. the subject or context,— . (Ja) “Firewood’ means any kind of wood u:edhf;l: burning, and includes charcoal, §aw-du; s (;n T coal dust, brushwood, wooden chips or snavi gcfi but does not include timber classified as s?of and owned or sold as such by any Departmen the 5[Central Government]. o t Gazette TFor Statement of Objects and Reasons, see East Punjfibbf";’s;‘"‘ng:s‘ Punjab (Extraordinary), 1949, page 41 ; for proceedings in the Az;el'f_ag’ - Legislative Assembly Debates, volume IIl , 1949, pages ‘Government Gazette, For Statement of Objects and Reasons, se¢ Punjab (Bxtraordinary), 1957, page 339 daptation of Laws (Third A c; Substituted for the words “East Punjab” by the Adap b Reorganisation my . Y j S wountuged for the words “State of Punjab” by the PUlec, 6 ger 1965, (Chandigarhy (Adaptation of Laws on State and Concurren! *Substituted for the words State Goverament” by - 366 CONSERVATION OF FIREWOOD [1949 : Eastpy, Aty SUPPLIES A : r’ means any ‘person ‘who deajs in £ i 2::1; or holds stocks of firewood for sale a.lrf‘=~ includes his representative or agent ; d. (c) ‘Factory’ means a factory as defineq in g tion 2(m) of the Factories Act, 194g sand o%’,‘,]l (d) “Kiln’ means a structure used for firing bricks, Powers to control P . The '[Central Government] so fa; asit appearg » o or use b e to bg necessar[y or expedient for conserving or _maifltainin]; Wood. supplies or for securing their equitable distribution ang availability at fair prices, may by notified order proyiqq i regard to firewood — . X (@) for regualting by licences, permits or otheryjs, the use, storage, distribution, mport, transpor acquisition, disposal and consumption of fire. wood including its acquisition and consumptiop in ‘kilns ‘and factories ; ) (b) for regulating by licences, permits or otherwise the manufacture of charcoal ; (¢) for controlling the prices at which firewood may be bought or sold by dealers ; d) for requiring any dealer holding stocks of fire- wood to sell the whole or specified part of the stock at such prices and to such persons or class of persons or in such circumstances as may be specified in the order ; (e) for collecting any information or statistics with a view to the Tegulating of the aforesaid matters ; (f) for requiring dealers or factory ard kiln owners, to maintain and i i B ; regarding firewood and to furnish such information relating thereto, as may be specified in the order ; (2) for any incidental and suppleme .tary matters Including in Pparticulars the entering and search of premises » Vehicles, boats, the seizure by 2 person authorised to make such search of the which such person has § be com or issue of Ticences, po mitted, the grant ¢ TINitS or thejr documents, and charging of fees therefor. *Substituted for the words « ation (Chandigarh) (Adaptation ., lgz“].s' State - Government” by (e Punjab Reori