Section 15. (1) The

15. (1) The ¹ Added (lumpy.) by 1.2 of Ordinance VII of 1940. ² Added, subd, & inserted (lumpy.) by 1.3, died. OF 1938.] Indian Tea Control. 15. (1) The owner of a tea estate to which an export quota has been allotted for any financial year shall have a right to obtain at any time during that year export licences to cover the export of tea up to the amount of the unexhausted balance of the quota, that is, up to the amount of the quota less the amount for which export licences have already been issued against it. (2) The right of the owner of a tea estate under this section may be transferred in whole or in part, and, subject to proof of the transfer to the satisfaction of the Committee and to the completion of the prescribed documents to enable the Committee to give effect to the transfer, the transferee shall have a right to obtain export licences up to the amount covered by the transfer or up to the amount of the unexhausted balance of the quota, whichever may be less. (3) Subject to the conditions specified in sub-section (2), any transferee referred to in that sub-section may again transfer the whole or any part of his rights to the owner of a tea estate, but not to any other person. (4) Nothing in sub-section (3) shall operate to restrict the issue of licences for the export of tea expressed to be sold with export rights.