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Power to make rules STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 56 of 2013.- In order to meet the growing demand for edible oils, oil palm was identified as a suitable crop for cultivation in the country in view of its high oil yielding capacity. Karnataka is one of the States wherein the Oil Palm Project has been taken up with the Government of India assistance. Since, fresh fruit bunches of oil palm have to be processed within 24 hours of plucking to extract oil, a close coordination between the grower and processor is necessary. Therefore, it is 2 considered necessary to have a legislation for regulation of cultivation, production and processing of oil palm and for matters connected therewith. The Bill among other things provides for;- (i) Assuring the grower sale of his produce and payment for sale of such produce; (ii) Constitution of a Project Management Committee to take measures regarding development of oil palm cultivation through implenentation of programme of Oil Palm Development in the State; (iii) Constitution of a Price Fixation Committee to ensure the grower reasonable price for oil palm fresh fruit bunches; (iv) Appointment of Oil Palm Commissioner to Co-ordinate activities of oil palm growers and the industries engaged in processing oil palm and for exercising such powers as are indicated by this Act; (v) Declaration of factory zone for the purpose of ensuring regular supply of fresh oil palm fruit bunches to the factory situated in the zone; (vi) Registration of oil palm growers; (vii) Payment of compensation to the oil palm growers by Entrepreneur on account of the failure to buy oil palm fresh fruit bunches by the Entrepreneur or Occupier of factory; (viii) Proper implementation of Oil palm programme in the State. The Bill also provides for certain other incidental matters. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 5 of 2013, File No. Samvyashae 4 Shasana 2013.] [Entry 33 (b) of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] ------ 3 KARNATAKA ACT NO.56 OF 2013 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the twentieth day of August, 2013) THE KARNATAKA OIL PALM (REGULATION OF CULTIVATION, PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING) ACT, 2013 (Received the assent of the Governor on the Nineteenth day of August, 2013) An Act to provide for the regulation of cultivation, production and processing of oil palm and for matters connected therewith. Whereas it is expedient to provide for the regulation of cultivation, production and processing of oil palm and for matters connected therewith; Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Sixty fourth year of the Republic of India as follows:-