The Tea Act, 1953 · III — CONTROL OVER THE EXTENSION OF TEA CULTIVATION

Section 16H. Power of Central Government to cancel notified order under section 16D or 16E

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

16H. Power of Central Government to cancel notified order under section 16D or 16E .—If, at any time, it appears to the Central Government on the application of the owner of a tea undertaking or tea unit or otherwise that the purpose of the order made under section 16D or section 16E, has been fulfilled or that for any other reason it is not necessary that the order should remain in force, the Central Government may, by notified order, cancel such order and, on the cancellation of any such order, the 1. Ins. by Act 68 of 1980, s. 3 (w.e.f. 11-6-1976). management or control, as the case may be, of the tea undertaking or tea unit, as the case may be, shall vest in the owner of that undertaking or unit. 16-I. Power of Central Government to authorise, with the permission of the Court, persons to take over management or control of tea undertakings or tea units .—(1) If the Central Government is of opinion that there are possibilities of running or restarting a tea undertaking or tea unit in relation to which an investigation has been made under sub-section (2) of section 16B, and that such tea undertaking or tea unit should be run or restarted for maintaining or increasing the production, supply or distribution of tea, that Government may make an application to the Court by which the company owning such tea undertaking or tea unit has been ordered to be wound up, praying for permission to appoint any person or body of persons to take over the management of the tea undertaking or, as the case may be, tea unit, or to exercise in respect of the whole or any part of the tea undertaking or tea unit, such functions of control as may be specified in the application. (2) Where an application is made under sub-section (1),— (a) the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 18FA of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951) shall apply to the tea undertaking or tea unit, as the case may be, subject to the modification that for the words "twelve years" occurring in the second proviso thereto, the words[1] [six years] shall be substituted; (b) the provisions of sub-sections (3) to (10) (both inclusive) of section 18FA of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951) shall apply to the tea undertaking or tea unit referred to in sub-section (1), to the same extent as they apply to an industrial undertaking.

Source: India Code

How this section changed

  1. inserted by Act 68 of 1980, s. 3

    In force from 11 Jun 1976

    Footnote: 1. Ins. by Act 68 of 1980, s. 3 (w.e.f. 11-6-1976).