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~-j. (1) The Slate Govcrnrncm may, by notification, . .declare an v local area to be a controlled area and may, in l'~SpCCL of such area,- (i) specify auy variety of cotton as being a standarcd variety the cultivarion of which is permitted in such area; and prohibit the cultivation in such area of any other specified variety of COlton; or (i£) prohibit in such area the mixing of any standard variety with any other standard variety or wi th any prohiicd or other variety: or (Iii; prohibit or ro.rrict in such area the import, posses- sion or use of or trade in, auv standard variety mixed with any orh cr varrctv \VhClhcr standarcd, prohibited or otherwise. In I j / Ii, (2) Before issui uj; a notification under sub-section (1), the State Covernment vshall publish in the prescribed manner a draft of such llor:ification together \Iith a notice stating that any objection or suggcsrion wh.ich may be received by the Slate Govcrumcnt within the period specified in the notice (such period being not less rlian two months frorn the date of publication of t11G draft) WlU be considered by the State Government. (3) Everv notification under sub-section (1) shall also / , ', be published in the regional language or the controlled area in the prescr.ibcd mariner. ,1. (I) Notwithstanding anything contained in section ~) 01' :111v notification issued there under, the State Government may, by 'notification, permit, in any factorv in h'hich cotton is manufactured into yarn or cloth, any standard variety to be mixed with any other standard or prohibited variety Provided that the cotton so mixed-. (0) (/;) is not made into fully pressed bales, and i·; used ill such factory exclusively in the manu- facture of yarn or cloth. (2) The owner or person incharge of the factory shall maintaiu ,0r cause to be maintained a regisler c:ontaJlling ~ldaily record of cotton other than that of standard arretv received into, and ll~cd in, the factory. He shall preserve such r~gister for a p,rj:)C/ "f :'?l less than two ycar~ frolll the date of the last entry ~""r-.,", ,·f r'~ ,1" ;'}'P, I"' · " ;~LIE MADHYA PRADESH COTTON CONTROL ACf, 1954 :). (1) Any person who cultivates any prohibited variety in any controlled area in contravention of the provisions of this. Ad O~I cl any notification jgmed there under shall be puni- shable with fine which may extend to twenty rupees or fC'" 1iI,' second or subsequent offence with fine which may extend \e; "f;jiv rupees. (2) j\llY person who, in any controlled area in contra- vention of the provisions of t his Act or of any notification issued thcrcuntlerv-- (a) mixes or causes to be mixed an v standard variety ,\.itlt any other standard variety or with any prohibited or other V<lLi:IY '01' cotton, or (b) imports, posflesses: uses Of trades in, any standard varier \ rnixesd with any other standard variety or with any prohibited or other variety of' cotton, shall br: punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees. (:3) The own cr oi, or arty person in cha1"ge of; a factory who contravenes any of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 4, or fails to comply with an y of the: provisions 0(' sub-section (2, or sub-section (:'~) of section 4, shall Jw punishable with firi(~ which may extend to five thousand rupees and for a second or sub-sequent offence with fine which may extend to ten tho- usand rupees. G. (1) Notwithstanding anything herein before con- lamed, no person shall wmv in. 1 :rvIadhya Pradesh]' Garr owhill cotton as a pure crop or 111 a mixture, OJ' shall mix in [Madhya Pradesh] 1 such cotton with an Y other kind of cotton. (?) Ally person who cultivates Garrowhill cotton in con- t ravcntion of such su b-section (1) shall be punishable: wi t h fin!' which may extend to twenty rupees or for the second or S1I' '~('qucnt offences with fine with which may extend to Iifty rupees, (3) Ail)' person who mixes or causes to be mixed Garro- VIlLli' cotton with any var.i~ly of cotton, whether standard, proh: hired or other shall be punishable with a fine which may ext end to rupees five tho us.md.