State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH SUGARCANE (REGULATION OF SUPPLY AND PURCHASE) ACT, 1953

18- (1) There shall be paid by the [occupier of a factory of a Gur, Rab, or Khandsari sugar manufacturing unit]1 Commission for [every one quintal of cane purchased by the factory or the gur, rab or khandsari sugar manufacturing unit as the case may be]2 :- (a) where the purchase is made, through a Cane-growers' Co-operative Society, the commission shall be payable to the Cane-growers Co-operative Society and the Council in such proportion as the State Government may declare, so, however, that the share payable to the Council shall not exceed 50 per cent; and (b) where the purchase is made directly from the cane- grower, the commission shall be payable to the Council: [Provided that different rates of' commission may be prescribed for a factory and for a Gur, Rab or Khandsari sugar Manufacturing Unit: Provided further that the State Government may by notification in the official Gazette remit in whole or in part such commission in respect of a factory or a Gur, Rab or Khandsari sugar Manufacturing Unit for a limited purpose specified in the notification.]1 (2) The commission payable under clauses (a) and (b) of sub- section (1) shall be at such rates as may be prescribed: Provided, however, that the rate fixed under clause (b) shall not exceed the rate at which the commission may be payable to the council under clause (a). (3) The provisions relating to payment, interest and recovery, including recovery as arrears of land revenue, applicable to price of cane shall mutatis mutandis apply to payment and recovery of commission under sub-section (1).