State Act

THE UNITED PROVINCES COTTON PEST CONTROL ACT, 1936

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Repealing Act, 2023 (Uttarakhand Act 27 of 2023), s.2 and Schedule item 109; it may still apply to matters that began before then.

13. (1) The [State Government]1 shall make rules consistent with this Act in respect of the following matter; namely- (a) the fixing of dates by which raw cotton shall be ginned, the authorities by which such dates shall be fixed and the manner in which they shall be published; (b) the fixing of dates by which seed shall be treated, the authorities by which such dates shall be fixed and the manner in which they shall be published; and (c) the methods by, and the manner in which seed shall be treated. (2) The, [State Government]1 may make such rules in respect of other matters as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. (3) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by sub-section (2) such rules may provide for- (a) the conditions on and circumstances in which an area may be declared to be a controlled area, (b) the issue of licences and certificates under section 7, the authorities by whom such licences and certificates may be issued, and the conditions of such licences, (c) the specification in licences of places for the treatment of seed imported under sub-section (1) of section 7, (d) prescribing the authority by whom and the conditions under which a licence may be issued for the export of raw cotton from a controlled area, (e) the maintenance of records, registers and accounts according to the provisions of section 9, (f) the appointment of inspectors and the exercise by them of the powers conferred by section 10 and the conferring on them such other powers as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, (g) the empowering of officers to carry out the orders of the court under sub-section (2) of section 12 and the manner in which such orders shall be carried out; and (h) the delegation of its powers by the [State Government]1. (4) A draft of rules, which it is proposed to make under this Act, shall be laid before [both Houses of the State Legislatures]2 and the rules shall not be finally made until [both Houses of the State Legislature have]3 had an opportunity of expressing an opinion on them. (5) All such rules shall be published in the [Official Gazette]4 and shall, unless some later date is appointed, come into force on the date of such publication.