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(J) The Owner of ©Very Cotton sinning factory Testers, Sha]] Maintain at the factory a ginning Tegister in the form and manner Prescribed, setting forth a daily Tecord of ajj Cotton ginned In the factory, the. names of the or whom and the dates On which the Cotton has been ginned, the quantity ginned for Cach person and such other Particu Jars aS may be : Prescribed. (2) The OWner of every cotton Pressing factory Shall Maintain at the fact SS regi I po Oly a pre Tegister in { manner Prescribed, Setting forth a daily number of bales Pr€ssed in the fa of each bale, the name of Pressed and Such other he form and record of the Clory, the Seria] number the person '©T Whom it has been Particulars S may be prescribed, iny inning Tegister or under this Section when required a oY Person 4PPointed by the Central Govern- went] in this behalf, an © “urnish (9 the Indian Central - PnmMittee, if ired by j in writing, a copy 7 21 aS correc > Of the entry in any press register Maintained at the ¢- Clory Telating to any specified {lo be Maintained by this er the €xPiration of three entry therein. ‘ G Scanned with OKEN Scanne PEE pb. Act 4 COTTON GINNING 1058? PRESSING FACTORIES . “ (a) in any actory any register required by this section to be maintain ed t is maintained in any fom ee ari or if any, prescribed for the purpose an the form, (b) any entry in any such register is tc od false a any material particular, rials to Be c) any such register is destr P . 0 tion of the period vafanres to ia sub tection (4): ¢ owner of the factory shall be punishable ca ( 4) ; y extend to two hundred and fifty rupees or if e has previously been convicted of any offence under this sub-sectiolls to fine which may extend to one thousand upecs. rup (6) If the owner fails to produce any register, or to furnish a_ certified copy of any entry when required so to do under sub-section (3), or furnishes a certified copy of any entry knowing OF having reason to believe such copy to be false, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees or, if he has previously been convicted of any offence under this sub- section, to fine which may extend to one thousand rupees. 4, (1) The [Central Government] may, by notifi- Prohibition of cation in the official Gazette, prohibit, in any area specified admixture oe in the notification any admixture of cotton whichis ginned fied areas an or pressed in a cotton ginning or cotton pressing factory. Be (2) In any area specified in the notification under sub-section (1) if— (a) any owner 0 pressing factory gins f a cotton ginning OF cotton i or presses OF allows d any cotton which he knows or has reason to believe to contain an admixture of cotton, Ot. (b) any person makes any’ admixture of cotton or abets or knowingly allows OT connives at such admixture of cotton which is ginned and which is being, or 1S intended to be, pressed in a secearaaeti face ble with imprisonment he sh are ishab all, on conviction, be punts months or f either description which may extend to six Monthy Ine whi h m { d rupees C y 1ve thousan ? bot] ; a extend to Kia - " the Pun. jab Reorganisa- 1 ——Governn b i ; ‘ we t P < \Substituted for the words “State Govermte an 4 Concurrent Subjects) Order, ti 4 f iggy handigarh) (Adaptation of Laws © : —_—— G Scanned with OKEN Scanner 334 COTTON GINNING — AND (1955 . Ph PRESSING FACTORIES » Ay q Penalty for 5, (/) Any owner of a cotton ginning watering ete. Hrecsing factory who knowingly or havi elieve that any cotton is watered or contains excess of the prescribed proportion or contains an i substance or cotton waste gins or presses or all reip cotton to be ginned or pressed in such factory ows Such conviction, be punishable with fine which may. Shal|, on five thousand rupees. €Xteng ta (2) Any person who knowingly waters or cotton or mixes seed or foreign substance Or ts any waste with any cotton or abets or knowingly gij,°tton connives at such watering, wetting or mixing of ss which is ginned and which is being, or is intended ¢o{'n pressed in a cotton pressing factory shall, on Conviet; €, be funishable with imprisonment of either descri, On, for a term which may extend to six months or with Pron which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both ne Explanation.—For the purposes of this sectic cotton shall be deemed to be watered or wetted if Sites cotton :— (a) is knowingly watered or wetted, or (6) contains moisture in excess of the norma] amount, the normal amount being the amount of moisture that such cotton may reasonably be expected to contain regard being had to the place or places at or to which and the time or times of the year in which such cotton has been picked, collected, stored, conveyed, left, ginned or pressed, [or] *[(c) is duly certified by the prescribed authority to contain caped material or patches due to deliberate watering.] . (3) A certificate given by an officer authorised in this behalf by the *[Central Government] as to the normal amount of moisture that a given quantity of cotton may contain and the amount of moisture that it actually contains shall be evidence of such matters, until the con- trary is proved, and if the amount of moisture that cattan actually contains exceeds the normal amount, it shall is evidence, unti] the contrary is proved, that the cotton watered. - ——EE a 2Added by Punjab Act No. 19 of 1965, *Added by i bid. *Substituted for the words “State Government” by the Punjab Re-or (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of Laws on State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1905. ganisation a G Scanned with OKEN Scanner 53 pb. Act Il} COTTON GINNING AND 335 5 r) 19 PRESSING FACTORIES ny gazetted officer authorised ination of