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TypeBare Act JurisdictionDelhi Government

The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Section 7

Ins. by Act 54 of 2006, s. 3

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The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Section 7 is part of The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 - Ins. by Act 54 of 2006, s. 3. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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w.e.f. 12-2-2007). 1 (3) Any notification issued under sub-section (2) may also direct that an entry shall be made against such commodity in the said Schedule declaring that such commodity shall be deemed to be an essential commodity for such period not exceeding six months to be specified in the notification:

Provided that the Central Government may, in the public interest and for reasons to be specified, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend such period beyond the said six months.

(4) The Central Government may exercise its powers under sub-section (2) in respect of the commodity to which Parliament has power to make laws by virtue of Entry 33 List III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.

(5) Every notification issued under sub-section (2) shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is issued, before both Houses of Parliament.]

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Section Section 7 of the The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (Ins. by Act 54 of 2006, s. 3) is reproduced on this page as part of the 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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