Section 7

7. `FOP` secticn 22 of the principal Act, the following seation shall be substituted, namely: - "22. ( I ) Unless with the previous sanction of the Central G.overnment the Board decides that no free sale quotas shall be aZotted, the Board shall, as soon as may be, allot to each registered estate a free sale quota for the year. I (2) `The` free sale quota shall be a fixed percentage, comnxon to all 'registered estates, not\ exceeding fifty per cent. `of` the probable total production of the estate in the year as estimated by-thezI3oaa: Provided that the Board may, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, allot such quota at a percentage higher than fifty per cent. of the said probable total production. (3) The Board may at any time vary the free sale quota by varying the fixed percentage common to all registered estates, or may express the whole or any part of the free sale quota.of an estate in terms of bulk instead of in terms of weight.".