The North-west Frontier Province Sugar Factories Control (amendment) Act, 1976


THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE SUGAR FACTORIES CONTROL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1976.
Peshawar, the 3rd July, 1976
N.-W.F.P. Act, No.VIII of 1976.
AN
ACT
further to amend the North-West Frontier Province Sugar Factories Control Act, 1950
further to amend the North-West Frontier Province Sugar Factories Control Act, 1950


            WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the North-West Frontier Province Sugar Factories Control Act, 1950 (N.-W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950 in the manner hereinafter appearing ;

Preamble

It is hereby enacted as follows: —


1.         (1) This Act, may be called the North-West Frontier Province Sugar Factories Control (Amendment) Act, 1976.

Short title, extent and commencement. 

(2) It shall come into force at once.


2.         In the North- West Frontier Province Sugar Factories Control Act 1950 (N.-W.F.P. Act, XXII of 1950), hereinafter referred to as the said Act, in the long title and the preamble, after the word "sugar cane", wherever occurring, the words "and sugar beet" shall be inserted.

Amendment of long title and preamble of N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950

3.         I n the said Act, in section 2,
            (i)     for clause (b). the following clause shall be substituted, namely :-
                     "(b) "Board means the Sugar-cane and Sugar-beet Control Board established under section 3";

Amendment of section 2 of N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950

            (ii)    for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :—
                     "(c) "cane means the sugar-cane intended for use in a factory and includes the sugar-beet" ; and
            (iii)   in clause (0), the full stop appearing at the end shall be replaced by a semi-colon and thereafter the following new clause shall be added, namely: —
                     "(d) slicing season" means the period beginning on the 15th April in any year and ending on the 31st July, next following."


Amendment of section 3 of N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950

4.         In the said Act, in section 3, after the word " sugar-cane" the words "and sugar-beet " shall be inserted.


Amendment of section 4 of N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950

5.         In the said Act, in section 4, for the word "Sugar-cane", the word "Cane" shall be substituted.


Amendment of section 6 of N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950

6.         In the said Act, in section 6, in sub section 2—,
(i)      for the words, comma and figures "Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887",the word, comma and figures "West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967" shall be substituted"; and.

 (ii)    for the words, comma and figures "Punjab Tenacy Act, 1887"; the words, camma and figures "North-West Frontier Province Tenancy Act, 1950 shall be substituted.


Substitution of section 8 of N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950

7.         In the said Act, for section 8, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-
"8. Notice of crushing or slicing:—The occupier of a Factory shall send a notice to the Cane Commissioner in the prescribed form intimating him of his intention to start crushing or slicing one clear month before the crushing or, as the case may be, slicing starts:

Provided that the occupier shall start crushing by a date not later than , 30th November, and slicing by a date not later than 15th May, each year."


Amendment of section 9 of N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950

8.         In the said Act, in section 9, in sub-section (1) after the words" crushing season", the words and comma "or slicing season, as the case may be" shall be inserted.


Amendment of section 10 of N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950

9.         In the said Act, in section 10, in sub-section (1), after the words "crushing season" the comma and words "or slicing season", shall be inserted.


Amendment of section 13 of N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950

10.       In the said Act, in section 13, in sub-section (5), after the words ‘crushing season", the words and comma or slicing season, as the case may be" shall be inserted.


Amendment of section 14-A of N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950

11.       In the said Act, in section 14-A, for the word "sugarcane", the word “cane" shall be substituted.


Amendment of section 18 of N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950

12.       In the said Act, in section 18, for the word "cane" or the words "seed cane" wherever occuring, the words "seed shall be substituted.

Repeal

13.       The North-West Frontier Province Sugar Factories Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (N.-.W.F.P. Ordinance No. VII of 1976), is hereby repealed.

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