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[1][1] The
(Act XXI of 2014)
[10 November 2014]
An Act to provide for
the registration of godowns in the
Whereas it is expedient to register godowns; to provide for a
comprehensive system regarding stable supply and availability of essential
articles; and to deal with ancillary matters;
It is enacted as
follows:---
1. Short title, extent
and commencement.–(1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Registration of
Godowns Act, 2014.
(2) It shall
extend to whole of the
(3) It shall
come into force with effect from 7 September 2014.
2. Definitions.– In
this Act:---
(a) “essential article” means an article
declared as essential article under section 3 of the Act;
(b) “godown” means the premises, warehouse,
cold storage or depot use for storing of an essential article;
(c) “Government” means Government of the
(d) “owner” means an owner or lessee of a
godown and includes the person in actual occupation or management of a godown;
(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by the
rules made under the Act;
(f) “Registering Authority” means the
Director (Agriculture Economics and Marketing) of the Government, Agriculture
Department or any other officer appointed as the Registering Authority by the
Government; and
(g) “designated officer” means an officer
appointed by the Registering Authority to inspect godowns, records, registers
and accounts of the godowns under the Act.
3. Essential articles.–
The Government may, by notification, declare an article as essential article.
4. Stocking of essential
articles.–An owner shall not store or stock an essential article in the
godown unless the godown is registered under this Act.
5. Registration of
godown.–(1)The owner shall, within thirty days from the date of
commencement of this Act, in case of an existing godown and within sixty days
from the date of commencement of operation of a new godown established after
the commencement of the Act, make an application to the Registering Authority in
the prescribed form for registration of the godown.
(2) The Registering Authority,
on receipt of the application, shall make such inquiry and require the owner to
furnish such information as it deem necessary.
(3) If the Registering Authority, as a
result of the inquiry, is satisfied that the information contained in the
application or furnished by the owner in respect of the godown is correct, it
shall register the godown.
(4) The
owner, whose godown is registered, shall comply with the provisions of this
Act, the rules and the directions issued by the Registering Authority in
respect of the godown or any essential article stored in the godown.
6. Maintenance and
inspection of records.–The owner shall maintain and produce for inspection
of such books, accounts and record relating to the essential articles stored in
or removed from the godown and to furnish such information relating thereto as
and when required by the Registering Authority or the designated officer.
7. Powers of Registering
Authority.–The Registering Authority or the designated officer may enter
and search a godown and seize any essential article in respect of which the
Registering Authority or the designated officer has reasons to believe that:---
(a) a provision of this Act or the rules has
been violated; or
(b) the information furnished by the owner is
not correct; or
(c) any direction issued by the Registering
Authority is or is about to be contravened.
8. Appeal.–(1) Any
person aggrieved by an order of the Registering Authority may, within thirty
days from the date of communication of such order, prefer an appeal to the
Government and the Government may set aside, modify or confirm the impugned
order.
(2) In case, no appeal is filed within
thirty days, the order of the Registering Authority shall be final and, in
case, an appeal is preferred, the order of the Government on such appeal shall
be final.
9. Bar of jurisdiction.–(1) No suit, prosecution or any other
legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything, in good faith, done
or intended to be done under this Act or the rules.
(2) No
court shall call in question, or permit to be called in question, anything done
or any action taken under this Act or the rules.
(3) No
court shall grant any injunction or make any order, nor shall any court
entertain any proceedings, in relation to anything done or intended to be done
or any action taken or intended to be taken under this Act or the rules.
10. Penalty.–(1) If a
person contravenes any provision of this Act, creates any obstacle or prevents
the Registering Authority or the designated officer from performing their
functions under the Act, such person shall be punished with an imprisonment
which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to three hundred
thousand rupees or with both.
(2) A court shall not take cognizance of an
offence under this section unless an officer authorized by the Government
submits a complaint in writing.
11. Rules.–The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules
for carrying out purposes of this Act.
12.
Repeal.– The Punjab Registration of Godowns
Ordinance 2014 (VIII of 2014) is
hereby repealed.
[1][1]This Act was passed by the
Punjab Assembly on 24 October 2014; assented to by the Governor of the
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