Category: Food and Public Distribution
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Crimes under this category
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The Essential Commodities Act, 1955
Enactment Date: 01-04-1955
Act Year: 1955
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Consumer Affairs
Enforcement Date: 01-04-1955
Food and Public Distribution
Short Title
The Essential Commodities Act, 1955
Long Title
An Act to provide, in the interest of the general public, for the control of the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce, in certain commodities.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 01-04-1955
Act Year: 1955
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Consumer Affairs
Enforcement Date : 01-04-1955
Section 9(ii)
Crime: Making false statement in any book, account, record, declaration, return or other document required by an order made for controlling the production, supply, distribution etc of essential commodities to secured availability at fair prices.
Section 9(i)
Crime: Furnishing false information and making false statement when required by any order made for controlling the production, supply, distribution etc of essential commodities to secure availability at fair prices.
Section 7(2) r/w Section 3(4)(b)
Crime: Contravening a direction given by the authorised controller assigned for maintaining or increasing the production and supply of an essential commodity.
Section 7(1)(a)(ii) r/w Section 3(1)
Crime: Contravening any order made to control production, supply, distribution etc of essential commodities for securing their availability at fair prices.
Section 7(1)(a)(i) r/w Section 3(2)(i)
Crime: Contravening an order to maintain and produce for inspection books, accounts, records in relation to production, supply, distribution, or trade and commerce of an essential commodity.
Section 7(1)(a)(i) r/w Section 3(2)(h)
Crime: Contravening an order for collecting any information or statistics with a view to regulate licenses, permits, prices etc of an essential commodity or prohibit activities in relation to an essential commodity.
The Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act, 1976
Enactment Date: 16-02-1976
Act Year: 1976
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Food and Public Distribution
Enforcement Date: 01-04-1976
Food and Public Distribution
Short Title
The Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act, 1976
Long Title
An Act to provide for the establishment, in the interest of the general public, of a fund to ensure that the price of levy sugar may be uniform throughout India and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 16-02-1976
Act Year: 1976
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Food and Public Distribution
Enforcement Date : 01-04-1976
Section 13(1)(b)(iii)
Crime: Omitting or failing to furnish any information.
Section 13(1)(b)(iii)
Crime: Furnishing any information which is incorrect or false in material particulars
Section 13(1)(b)(ii)
Crime: Omitting or failing to produce any books, accounts or other records for inspection as required by the Central Government.
Section 13(1)(b)(i)
Crime: Omitting or failing to maintain any books, accounts or other records in relation to levy sugar as required by the Central Government.
Section 13(1)(a)
Crime: Producer making any default in crediting to the Fund any excess realisations, or any part, or any interest due on such excess realisation or any part of it.
The Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980
Enactment Date: 12-02-1980
Act Year: 1980
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Consumer Affairs
Enforcement Date: 15-10-1979
Food and Public Distribution
Short Title
The Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980
Long Title
An Act to provide for detention in certain cases for the purpose of prevention of blackmarketing and maintenance of supplies of commodities essential to the community and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 12-02-1980
Act Year: 1980
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Consumer Affairs
Enforcement Date : 15-10-1979
Section 7(1)(b)
Crime: Person absconding or concealing themselves, failing to appear before an officer, at a place and time specified by order.
Section 15(4)
Crime: Detained person out on release, failing to surrender themself at the time and place, and to the authority, specified in the order directing or cancelling their release.
The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007
Enactment Date: 19-09-2007
Act Year: 2007
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Food and Public Distribution
Enforcement Date: 25-10-2010
Food and Public Distribution
Short Title
The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007
Long Title
An Act to make provisions for the development and regulation of warehouses, negotiability of warehouse receipts, establishment of a Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 19-09-2007
Act Year: 2007
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Food and Public Distribution
Enforcement Date : 25-10-2010
Section 43(5)
Crime: Depositor declaring an inaccurate value of the goods delivered by him for storage with a warehouseman.
Section 43(4)
Crime: Warehouseman failing to deliver goods within the declared shelf-life after the surrender of a negotiable warehouse receipt by the depositor or endorsee, payment of all lawful charges, and cancellation of encumbrances endorsed on the receipt.
Section 43(3)
Crime: Warehouseman, their agent or servant, knowingly delivering goods without obtaining possession of an outstanding and uncancelled negotiable warehouse receipt, at or before the time of delivery causing unlawful loss or gain to any person.
Section 43(2)
Crime: Warehouseman, their agent or servant, knowingly issuing a duplicate negotiable warehouse receipt without following the procedure for the issuing such a receipt.
Section 43(1)
Crime: Warehouseman knowingly issuing a negotiable warehouse receipt without the physical delivery of the goods.
Section 43(1)
Crime: Warehouseman, their agent or servant, knowingly issuing a negotiable warehouse receipt without reasonably satisfying that the goods received are as stated in the receipt.
Section 43(1)
Crime: Warehouseman, their agent or servant, knowingly issuing a negotiable warehouse receipt for goods that do not correspond with the weight or grade specified in the receipt.
Section 43(1)
Crime: Warehouseman, their agent or servant, knowingly issuing a negotiable warehouse receipt without having control of the goods at the time of issuing the receipt.