The Indian Coffee Cess Act 1935, 14 of 1935, (Rep., Act 4 of 1947)

Section 4. (1) The Governor General in Council shall constitute

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

4. (1) The Governor General in Council shall constitute n Committee consisting of the following members to receive and expend the proceeds of the coffee cess, namely:- (i) five persons representing respectively the' agricultural departments of the Local Governments of Madras and Coorg and of the Governments of the States of Mysore, Travancore and Cochin, nominated, respectively, by those Governments; (ii) eleven persons representing the coffee growing industry, namely : - (a) three persons nominated by the Government of the Mysore State; ( b ) two persons nominated by the Local Governments of Madras and Coorg, respectively; , . (c) three persons nominated by the United Planters' Association of Southern India; and (d) three persons nominated by the Coffee Growers' Association ; (iii) three persons representing trade interests nominated by the Governor General in Council; and (iv) one person representing the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research nominated by the Governor General in Council. (2) The Governor General in Council shall publish- in the Gazette of India the names of all members of the Committee.

Source: India Code