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The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985
Enactment Date: 08-01-1986
Act Year: 1986
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date: 13-02-1986
Trade and Commerce
Short Title
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985
Long Title
An Act to provide for the establishment of an Authority for the development and promotion of exports of certain agricultural and processed food products and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 08-01-1986
Act Year: 1986
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date : 13-02-1986
Section 23(a)
Crime: Obstructing any authorised member or officer in the exercise of any power conferred or in the discharge of any duty imposed.
Section 23(b)
Crime: Failing to produce any account book or other record when required to do so.
Section 22.
Crime: Failing to furnish any return required under this Act.
Section 22.
Crime: Knowingly furnishing a false return.
Section 24
Crime: Contravening any provision of the Act for which no punishment has been prescribed.
Section 19
Crime: Contravening any order prohibiting, restricting, or controlling the import or export of scheduled products.
The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972
Enactment Date: 09-09-1972
Act Year: 1972
Ministry: Ministry of Culture
Enforcement Date: 05-04-1976
Trade and Commerce
Short Title
The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972
Long Title
An Act to regulate the export trade in antiquities and art treasures, to provide for the prevention of smuggling of, and fraudulent dealings in, antiquities, to provide for the compulsory acquisition of antiquities and art treasures for preservation in public places and to provide for certain other matters connected therewith or incidental or ancillary thereto.पुरावशेष तथा बहुमूल्य कलाकृति अधिनियम, 1972
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 09-09-1972
Act Year: 1972
Ministry: Ministry of Culture
Enforcement Date : 05-04-1976
Section 25(3) r/w Section 10
Crime: Preventing any licensing officer from inspecting any record, photograph or register maintained by the license-holder.
Section 25(3) r/w Section 23(1)
Crime: Preventing any officer authorised by the Central Government from entering into or searching any place.
Section 25(2) r/w Section 5
Crime: Carrying on the business of selling or offering to sell any antiquity except under and according to the terms and conditions of a licence granted.
Section 25(1) r/w Section 3(2)
Crime: Exporting any antiquity or art treasure in contravention of the terms and conditions of a permit issued for the purpose.
Section 25(1) r/w Section 3(1)
Crime: Exporting any antiquity or art treasure by a person other than the Central Government or any authority or agency authorised by it.
Section 25 r/w Section 17
Crime: Failing to intimate the fact of transfer of ownership, control or possession to the registering officer, as the transferer, within the prescribed period and form.
Section 25 r/w Section 14(3)(b)
Crime: Failing to get an antiquity registered and to obtain a certificate of registration within fifteen days from the date of becoming an owner, controller or possessor of such antiquity which is required to be registered.
Section 25 r/w Section 14(3)(a)
Crime: Failing to get an antiquity registered and to obtaining a certificate of registration within 3 months of the government notification directing the owner, controller or possessor to do so.
Section 25 r/w Section 13(3)
Crime: Failing to make a declaration before the licensing officer of all the antiquities in person's ownership, control or possession, when licence has ceased to be in force, by the date specified in a notification.
Section 25(2) r/w Section 13(2)(a)
Crime: Unlawfully carrying on the business of selling or offering for sale any antiquity, when a notification has been issused authorising only the Central Government or any other notified authority or agency to carry on this business.
Section 25(2) r/w Section 12
Crime: Selling antiquities to other licensees after the expiry of six months from the date of revocation of one's licence.
The Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016
Enactment Date: 21-03-2016
Act Year: 2016
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Consumer Affairs
Trade and Commerce
Short Title
The Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016
Long Title
An Act to provide for the establishment of a national standards body for the harmonious development of the activities of standardisation, conformity assessment and quality assurance of goods, articles, processes, systems and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 21-03-2016
Act Year: 2016
Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department: Department of Consumer Affairs
Enforcement Date :
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(3)
Crime: Using or applying or purporting to use or apply, in the manufacture, distribution, sale, hire, lease or exhibit or offer for sale of any goods, article, process, system or service, or in the title of any patent or in any trade mark or design, a Standard Mark or any colourable imitation thereof, without a valid licence from the Bureau.
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(2)
Crime: Making a public claim through advertisements, sales promotion, leaflets, price lists or the like that their goods, article, process, system or service conforms to an Indian standard, without having a valid certificate of conformity or licence.
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(2)
Crime: Making a declaration on goods or articles that their goods, article, process, system or service conforms to an Indian standard, without having a valid certificate of conformity or licence.
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(1)(b)
Crime: Manufacturing any notified goods, article, process, system or service without them conforming to the relevant standard or prescribed essential requirements.
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(1)(b)
Crime: Importing any notified goods, article, process, system or service without them conforming to the relevant standard or prescribed essential requirements.
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(1)(b)
Crime: Selling, distibuting or exhibiting for sale any any notified goods, article, process, system or service without them conforming to the relevant standard or prescribed essential requirements.
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(1)(b)
Crime: Hiring or leasing any notified goods, article, process, system or service without them conforming to the relevant standard or prescribed essential requirements.
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(1)(b)
Crime: Storing any notified goods, article, process, system or service without them conforming to the relevant standard or prescribed essential requirements.
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(1)(a)
Crime: Manufacturing any notified goods, article, process, system or service without a Standard Mark or under a valid licence
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(1)(a)
Crime: Importing any notified goods, article, process, system or service without a Standard Mark or a under a valid licence.
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(1)(a)
Crime: Selling, distributing or exhibiting for sale any notified goods, article, process, system or service without a Standard Mark or a under a valid licence.
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(1)(a)
Crime: Hiring or leasing any notified such goods, article, process, system or service without a Standard Mark or a under a valid licence.
Section 29(3) r/w Section 17(1)(a)
Crime: Storing any notified such goods, article, process, system or service without a Standard Mark or a under a valid licence.
Section 29(2) r/w Section 15(3)
Crime: Certified jeweller or seller selling, displaying, or offering to sell any notified goods or articles without a Standard Mark or Hallmark, as specified by regulations, and without ensuring conformity to the relevant standard.
Section 29(2) r/w Section 15(2)
Crime: Person other than one certified by the Bureau, selling, displaying or offering to sell goods or articles notified as to be sold only through certified sales outlets and marked with the Standard Mark, including Hallmark
Section 29(2) r/w Section 15(2)
Crime: Person other than one certified by the Bureau, claiming in relation n to the Standard Mark, including Hallmark, through advertisements, sales promotion leaflets, price lists or the like.
Section 29(2) r/w Section 15(1)
Crime: Importing any goods or article notified by the Central Government to be marked with a Hallmark or Standard Mark, without a certification from the Bureau.
Section 29(2) r/w Section 15(1)
Crime: Selling, distributing or exhibiting for sale, any goods or article notified by the Central Government to be marked with a Hallmark or Standard Mark, without a certification from the Bureau.
Section 29(2) r/w Section 15(1)
Crime: Storing any goods or article notified by the Central Government to be marked with a Hallmark or Standard Mark, without a certification from the Bureau.
Section 29(2) r/w Section 14(8)
Crime: Recognised testing and marking centre, including assaying and hallmarking centre, using or applying in relation to any notified goods or article, a Standard Mark, including Hallmark, or any colourable imitation thereof, without it conforming to the relevant standard.
Section 29(2) r/w Section 14(6)
Crime: Testing and marking centre or assaying and hallmarking centre, other than those recognised by the Bureau, using, affixing, embossing, engraving, printing, or applying in any manner the Standard Mark, including Hallmarks or colourable imitation thereof on any goods or article.
Section 29(2) r/w Section 14(6)
Crime: Testing and marking centre or assaying and hallmarking centre, other than those recognised by the Bureau, making any claim in relation to the use and application of a Standard Mark including Hallmarks through advertisements, sales promotion leaflets, price lists, or the like.
Section 29(1) r/w Section 26(1)(b)
Crime: Using any title of any patent or mark or trade mark or design, in relation to any goods, article, process, system or service, containing the expressions "Indian Standard" or "Indian Standard Specification" or any abbreviation of such expressions without the permission of the Bureau.
Section 29(1) r/w Section 26(1)(a)
Crime: Using any name which resembles the name of the Bureau with the view to deceive or likely to deceive the public, or a name which contains the expression "Indian Standard" or any abbreviation thereof without permission of the Bureau.
Section 29(1) r/w Section 26(1)(a)
Crime: Using any name which contains the expression "Indian Standard" or any abbreviation thereof without permission of the Bureau.
Section 29(1) r/w Section 11(2)
Crime: Issuing a document that creates, or may create the impression that it is or contains an Indian Standard,
Section 29(1) r/w Section 11(1)
Crime: Publishing, reproducing or recording any Indian Standard or part thereof, or any other publication of the Bureau without the authorisation of the Bureau.
The Coffee Act, 1942
Enactment Date: 02-03-1942
Act Year: 1942
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date: 02-03-1942
Trade and Commerce
Short Title
The Coffee Act, 1942
Long Title
An Act to provide for the development under the control of the Union of the coffee industry.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 02-03-1942
Act Year: 1942
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date : 02-03-1942
Section 39.
Crime: Obstructing any member or officer of Board or person authorised by Board or by Central Government
Section 39.
Crime: Failing to produce records when required to do so or refusing to give information lawfully required from him by member or officer of Board or person authorised by Board or by Central Government
Section 38A r/w Section 25
Crime: Registered owner or licensed curer failing to deliver any coffee to the Board which has been produced in excess of the amount specified in the free sale quota or in absence of free sale quota
Section 38 r/w Section 23, Section 29
Crime: Knowingly making any false statement in a return or a report.
Section 37A r/w Section 23(1)
Crime: Failing to furnish returns in prescribed time and manner.
Section 37.
Crime: Operating any curing establishment without a license
Section 36 r/w Section 18(b)
Crime: Registered owner selling coffee in contravention of provisions of a licence procured from the Board.
Section 36 r/w Section 18(a)
Crime: Registered owner selling coffee which has not been cured or not delivered to a buyer through a curing establishment licensed under the Act.
Section 36 r/w Section 17
Crime: Registered owner selling or contracting to sell coffee from any registered estate in excess or absence of free sale quota
Section 36 r/w Section 16(2)
Crime: Registered owner, licensed curer or dealer selling coffee in wholesale or retail at a price higher than the price fixed.
Section 35 r/w Section 14
Crime: Failing to apply for registration within one month of becoming owner of a coffee estate.
The Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963
Enactment Date: 24-08-1963
Act Year: 1963
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date: 01-01-1964
Trade and Commerce
Short Title
The Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963
Long Title
An Act to provide for the sound development of the export trade of India through quality control and inspection and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 24-08-1963
Act Year: 1963
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date : 01-01-1964
Section 11B
Crime: Entering into or acquiescing in any agreement to do, abstain from doing, permitting, concealing or conniving at any act or thing where a provision of this Act may be contravened, as officer or employee of council, any agency, or testing house.
Section 11B
Crime: Officer or authorised officer of Central Government searching any place without having reason to believe that any commodity, books of account or documents or things which will be useful or relevant to proceeding under this Act are secreted in that place.
Section 11B
Crime: Disclosing any particulars learnt in the official capacity in respect of any commodity, as an officer or employee of council, agency or testing house.
Section 11A
Crime: Failing to pay penalty imposed by adjudicating or Appellate authority.
Section 11A
Crime: Failing to comply with any direction or order made under this Act.
Section 11(3)
Crime: Contravening any provision or rules other than those expressly punished.
Section 11(1) r/w Section 8(1)
Crime: Fraudulently applying a mark or seal in relation to a notified commodity to denote that it conforms to a standard specification.
Section 11(1) r/w Section 7
Crime: Fraudulently obtaining certificate relating to quality control and inspection of a commodity from a recognised agency.
Section 11(1) r/w Section 6(d)
Crime: Contravening any order made by Central Government prohibiting the export of a notified commodity in course of international trade.
The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992
Enactment Date: 07-08-1992
Act Year: 1992
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date: 19-06-1992
Trade and Commerce
Short Title
The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992
Long Title
An Act to provide for the development and regulation of foreign trade by facilitating imports into, and augmenting exports from, India and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 07-08-1992
Act Year: 1992
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date : 19-06-1992
Section 14E(1) r/w Section 13(4) and Section 16(1) of the of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005
Crime: Transferring any specified good to any foreign entity or a foreigner who is resident within the territorial limits of India, or in its airspace or Exclusive Economic Zone.
Section 14E(1) r/w Section 13(4) and Section 16(1) of the of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005
Crime: Exhibiting, selling, or supplying any specified good to any foreign entity or a foreigner who is resident within the territorial limits of India, or in its airspace or Exclusive Economic Zone.
Section 14E(1) r/w Section 13(3) and Section 17(1) of the of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005
Crime: Transferring any specified technology in contravention of the restrcition placed thorugh transfer controls.
Section 14E(1) r/w Section 13(2) and Section 17(1) of the of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005
Crime: Transferring any specified technology of an item whose export is prohibited under the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 or any other Act.
Section 14E(1) r/w Section 13(1) and Section 17(1) of the of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005
Crime: Transferring, re-transferring, bringing in transit or transhipping any specified goods, services and technology in contravention of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 or any other Act.
Section 14E(1) r/w Section 13(1) and Section 17(1) of the of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005
Crime: Exporting any specified goods, services and technology in contravention of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 or any other Act.
The Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998
Enactment Date: 07-07-1998
Act Year: 1998
Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs
Department: Department of Home
Enforcement Date: 02-10-1997
Trade and Commerce
Short Title
The Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998
Long Title
An Act to regulate the lotteries and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 07-07-1998
Act Year: 1998
Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs
Department: Department of Home
Enforcement Date : 02-10-1997
Section 7(3)
Crime: Acting as an agent or promoter or trader in any lottery organised, conducted or promoted in contravention of the provisions of this Act.
Section 7(3)
Crime: Selling, distributing or purchasing the ticket of any lottery that has been organised, conducted or promoted in contravention of the provisions of this Act.
Section 7(1)
Crime: Organising, conducting or promoting a lottery after the Act receives assent, in contravention of the provisions of this Act.
The Marine Products Export Development Authority Act, 1972
Enactment Date: 20-04-1972
Act Year: 1972
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date: 12-07-1972
Trade and Commerce
Short Title
The Marine Products Export Development Authority Act, 1972
Long Title
An Act to provide for the establishment of an Authority for the development of the marine products industry under the control of the Union and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 20-04-1972
Act Year: 1972
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date : 12-07-1972
Section 24(a)
Crime: Obstructing any authorised person in exerise of any power or in discharge of duty.
The Prize Competitions Act, 1955
Enactment Date: 22-10-1955
Act Year: 1955
Ministry: Ministry of Finance
Department: Department of Financial Services
Enforcement Date: 01-04-1956
Trade and Commerce
Short Title
The Prize Competitions Act, 1955
Long Title
An Act to provide for the control and regulation of prize competitions.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 22-10-1955
Act Year: 1955
Ministry: Ministry of Finance
Department: Department of Financial Services
Enforcement Date : 01-04-1956
Section 9 r/w Section 5
Crime: Promoting or conducting any prize competition in which the total value of prizes offered does not exceed one thousand rupees a month, without having obtained a licence under this Act.
Section 9 r/w Section 4
Crime: Promoting or conducting any prize competition where the total value of prizes offered exceeds one thousand rupees a month, and/or the number of entries exceeds two thousand.
Section 11(g)
Crime: Causing or procuring any person to do any of the prohibited acts with a view to promote or conduct a prize competition in contravention of licence provisions or of this Act.
Section 11(f)
Crime: Using any premises for purposes connected with the promotion or conduct of the prize competition except in accordance with the provisions of a licence under this Act.
Section 11(f)
Crime: Knowingly permitting or causing any premises to be used for purposes connected with the promotion or conduct of the prize competition except in accordance with the provisions of a licence under this Act.
Section 11(e)
Crime: Sending out any money or valuable thing received for sale or distribution of any ticket, coupon or other document for use in the prize competition, with a view to promote or conduct the same in contravention of licence provisions or of this Act.
Section 11(d)
Crime: Bringing, or inviting any person to send, any ticket, coupon or other document for use in or advertisement of a prize competition, for sale or distribution, with a view to promote or conduct the same in contravention of licence provisions or of this Act.
Section 11(c)
Crime: Printing, publishing, or distributing any advertisement of the prize competition, or any list of prize winners, or any such matter to induce persons to participate in that or any other prize competition.
Section 11(c)
Crime: Possessing for the purpose of publishing or distributing any advertisement of the prize competition, or any list of prize winners, or any such matter to induce persons to participate in that or any other prize competition.
Section 11(b)
Crime: Selling or distributing any ticket, coupon or other document for use in any prize competition, with a view to promote or conduct the same in contravention of license or this Act.
Section 11(b)
Crime: Possessing any ticket, coupon, or document for the purpose of sale or distribution for use in any prize competition, with a view to promote or conduct the same in contravention of licence provisions or of this Act.
Section 11(a)
Crime: Printing or publishing any ticket, coupon or other document for use in any prize competition, with a view to promote or conduct the same in contravention of license or this Act.
Section 10 r/w Section 7
Crime: Failing to keep accounts or to submit statements of accounts as promoters of prize competitions.
Section 10 r/w Section 7
Crime: Knowingly submitting false statements of accounts to the licensing authority as promoters of prize competitions.
The Tea Act, 1953
Enactment Date: 28-05-1953
Act Year: 1953
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date: 01-04-1956
Trade and Commerce
Short Title
The Tea Act, 1953
Long Title
An Act to provide for the control by the Union of the Tea industry, including the control, in pursuance of the International Agreement now in force, of the cultivation of tea in, and of the export of tea from, India and for that purpose to establish a Tea Board and levy a duty of excise on tea produced in India.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 28-05-1953
Act Year: 1953
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date : 01-04-1956
Section 37
Crime: Failing to furnish returns.
Section 37
Crime: Knowingly furnishing false returns.
The Tobacco Board Act, 1975
Enactment Date: 19-03-1975
Act Year: 1975
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date: 28-08-1976
Trade and Commerce
Short Title
The Tobacco Board Act, 1975
Long Title
An Act to provide for the development under the control of the Union of the tobacco industry.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 19-03-1975
Act Year: 1975
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department: Department of Commerce
Enforcement Date : 28-08-1976
Section 23.
Crime: Failing to furnish any return required under this Act.
Section 23.
Crime: Knowingly furnishing a false return.
Section 20(3) r/w Section 20(1)
Crime: Contravening any order published for prohibiting, restricting or otherwise controlling the import or export of tobacco and tobacco products, either generally or in specified classes of cases.
Section 25
Crime: Contravening the provisions of this Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder other than those for which punishment has been specified in the Act.
Section 24(b)
Crime: Failing to produce any account book or other record in one's control or custody, when required to do so by or under this Act.
Section 24(a)
Crime: Obstructing any member, officer, other employee of the Board or any other person in the exercise of any power conferred, or in the discharge of any duty imposed, by or under this Act.