1[17. Sale of coffee in excess of free sale quotas.--
No registered owner shall sell or contract to sell coffee from any registered estate if by such sale the free sale quota allotted to that estate is exceeded nor shall a registered owner sell or contract to sell any coffee produced on his estate in any year for which no free sale quota is allotted to the estate.]
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1. Substituted by The Coffee (Amendment) Act, 1994 (23 of 1994) w.e.f. 14.01.1994. Prior to substitution it read as under:
"17. Sale of coffee in excess of internal sale quota.--
No registered owner shall, sell or contract to sell in the Indian market coffee from any registered estate if by such sale the internal sale quota allotted to that estate is exceeded.Nor shall a registered owner sell or contract to sell in the Indian market any coffee produced on his estate in any year for which no internal sale quota is allotted to the estate;