Section 17. (1) Where the tea covered by an export licence issued under the Indian Tea Control Act, 1933, has no

(3) A special export licence shall be in duplicate in the prescribed form, shall bear the date of its issue, and shall be valid in the case of a special export licence issued in the year 1938 up to the 30th day of June of that year and in the case of a special export licence issued in any subsequent year up to the 31st day of May of the year in which it was issued. (2) Where tea, in respect of which an export licence has been or could have been granted under this Act, has not been exported before the end of the financial year in which the licence was or could have been issued, the person to whom the licence was or could have been granted may, before the 14th day of April of the following financial year, forward an application to the Committee for a special export licence covering the same quantity of tea, and the Committee shall, on receipt of the requisite fee, if any, issue a special export licence accordingly. (4) The quantity of tea covered by a special export licence shall be accounted for against the export quota of the year in which the original licence was or could have been issued under this Act or under the Indian Tea Control Act, 1933, as the case may be. 17. (1) Where the tea covered by an export licence issued under the Indian Tea Control Act, 1933, has not been exported before the 31st day of March, 1938, the person to whom the licence was granted may, before the 14th day of April, 1938, forward the licence to the Committee and submit therewith an application for a special export licence covering the same quantity of tea, and the Committee shall, on receipt of the requisite fee, if any, issue a special export licence accordingly.