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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Preamble I

Essential Commoditites Act, 1955

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Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Preamble I is part of Essential Commodities Act, 1955 - Essential Commoditites Act, 1955. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

The ESSENTIAL COMMODITITES ACT, 19551

[Act, No. 10 of 1955]

[1st April, 1955]

PREAMBLE

An Act to provide, in the interest of the general public, for the control of the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce, in certain commodities.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

______________________

1. Extended to Goa, Daman and Diu with modification by Regulation 12 of 1962, section 3 and Schedule, to Dadra and Nagar Haweli by Regulation 6 of 1963, section 2 and Schedule I and to Lakshadweep and Amindivi Islands by Regulation 8 of 1965, section 3 and Schedule, to the State of Sikkim (w.e.f. 7-1-1976) vide S.O. 28(E), dated 7th January, 1976.

This Act has been amended in Maharashtra by Maharashtra Act 71 of 1976, in Orissa by Orissa Act, 8 of 1976, in Uttar Pradesh by Uttar Pradesh Acts 9 of 1974, 18 of 1975, 39 of 1975 and 16 of 1978.

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Section Preamble I of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (Essential Commoditites Act, 1955) is reproduced on this page as part of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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