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Subs. by Act 66 of 1971, s. 3, for “the power to make orders under section 3” (w.e.f. 23-12-1971). "(c) in the case of food grains, where neither clause (a) nor clause (b) applies, the price, if any, specified in the said order; (d) where neither clause (a) nor (b), nor (c) applies, the price calculated at the market rate prevailing in the locality at the date of sale." (c) in sub-section (3B), after clause (i), insert the following clause which shall be deemed always to have been inserted, namely:-- "(ia) in the case of food grains, where no controlled price is fixed by an order made with reference to clause (c) of sub-section (2), the amount specified in the said Order made with reference to clause (f) of sub-section (2) for such grade or variety of food grains; or" [Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 18 of 1975, s. 4] Amendment of section 3 of Act X of 1955.—In section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, as amended in its application to Uttar Pradesh, in sub-section (2), in clause (f), as substituted by the Essential Commodities (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1975, in the Explanation thereof, for sub-clause (II), the following sub-clause shall be substituted and be deemed always to have been substituted Namely:-- “(I may fix or provide for the fixation of the quantity to be sold by a producer with reference to the area under cultivation for production of the particular (foodgrains to which the order relates, and also fix or provide for the fixation of such quantities on a graded basis having regard to the aggregate area held by or under the cultivation of different producers." [Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 39 of 1975, s. 2] Amendment of section 3 of Act no. 10 of 1955.—(1) In section 3 of the principal Act, in sub- section (2), clause (f), as substituted by the Uttar Pradesh Amendment read with the Essential Commodities (Uttar Pradesh Second Amendment) Act, 1975 shall be omitted and deemed to have been omitted with effect from the date of the commencement of the Central Amendment. (2) In the said sub-section, in clause (f), as substituted by the central Amendment, after Explanation 1, the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely: -- “Explanation I-A.—An order made this clause in relation to rice may, having regard to the milling capacity of a rice mill, fix the quantity to be sold by the licensed miller and may also fix or provide for the fixation of such quantity on a graded basis.” (3) In the said section 3, sub-section (3-B), as amended by the Uttar Pradesh Amendment, shall be committed and deemed to have been omitted with effect from the date of commencement of the central Amendment. [Vide Uttar Pradesh Act XVI of 1978, s. 3]