Section 1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Tea Control Act, 1938

1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Tea Control Act, 1938. (2) It extends to the whole of British India. (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1938. (4) It shall remain in force only up to the 31st day of March, 1943. 1. Short title, extent, commencement and duration. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER I. THE INDIAN TEA LICENSING COMMITTEE. 3. Constitution of the Indian Tea Licensing Committee. 4. Vacancies. 5. Sub-committees and executive officers. 6. Power to make by-laws. 7. Central Government's power of control. 8. Keeping and auditing of accounts. 9. Dissolution of the Committee. 10. Power to make rules. CHAPTER II. CONTROL OVER THE EXPORT OF TEA. 11. Limitation of application of Chapter. 12. Control of export of tea and tea seed. 13. Indian export allotment. 14. Export quotas and crop basis. 15. Right to export licences. 16. Grant of export licences. 17. Special export licences. 18. Committee to maintain accounts of quotas. 19. Tea for export to be covered by licence or permit. 20. Power of Committee to call for returns. 21. Power of Committee to require evidence of ownership. 22. Fees. 23. Power to make rules. Price annas 2 or 3d. SECTIONS. 24. Bar of jurisdiction. 25. Export of tea produced in Indian States. CHAPTER III. CONTROL OVER THE EXTENSION OF TEA CULTIVATION. 26. Method of control of extension of tea cultivation. 27. Limitations to the extension of tea cultivation. 28. Grant of permission to plant tea. 29. Grant of permission to plant tea in special circumstances. 30. Tea nurseries. 31. Appeal to Provincial Governments. 32. Power of the Committee to call for returns and to inspect. CHAPTER IV. PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE. 33. Penalty for illicit export. 34. Penalty for making false return. 35. Penalty for obstructing inspection of tea estate. 36. Penalty for illicit cultivation. 37. Removal of tea planted without permission. 38. Trial of offences under sections 34, 35 and 36. Chapter V: . SAVINGS. | Section 1: The Crop Basis of a tea estate for each financial year shall on and from the 1st April, 1938, be the 1. The Crop Basis of a tea estate for each financial year shall on and from the 1st April, 1938, be the crop basis which was ascertained for such tea estate for the financial year 1937-38, or the highest figure fixed for any year after investigation by the Committee, whichever be higher, in accordance with the rules under the Indian Tea Control Act, 1933, with the addition of allowances for special hardship determined under rules 4 and 5 framed under section 23 of the Indian Tea Control Act, 1933.