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Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....in relation to food business means a person by whom the business is carried on or owned and is responsible for ensuring the compliance of this Act, rules and regulations made thereunder; (p) "food laboratory" means any food laboratory or institute established by the Central or a State Government or any other agency and accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories or an equivalent accreditation agency and recognised by the Food Authority under section 43; (q) "food safety" means assurance that food is acceptable for human consumption according to its intended use; (r) "food safety audit" means a systematic and functionally independent examination of food safety measures adopted by manufacturing units to determine whether such measures and related results meet with objectives of food safety and the claims made in that behalf; (s) "Food Safety Management System" means the adoption of Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Hygienic Practices, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point and such other practices as may be specified by regulation, for the food business; (t) "Food Safety Officer" means an officer appointed under section.....

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Section 47

Title: Sampling and Analysis

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....before the Designated Officer as soon as possible and in any case not later than seven days after the receipt of the report of the Food Analyst: Provided that if an application is made to the Designated Officer in this behalf by the person from whom any article of food has been seized, the Designated Officer shall by order in writing direct the Food Safety Officer to produce such article before him within such time as may be specified in the order. (5) In case of imported articles of food, the authorised officer of the Food Authority shall take its sample and send to the Food Analyst of notified laboratory for analysis who shall send the report within a period of five days to the authorised officer. (6) The Designated Officer, the Food Safety Officer, the authorised officer and the Food Analyst shall follow such procedure as may be specified by regulations.

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....results meet with objectives of food safety and the claims made in that behalf; (s) "food safety Management System" means the adoption of Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Hygienic Practices, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point and such other practices as may be specified by regulation, for the food business; (t) "food safety Officer" means an officer appointed under s.37; (u) "hazard" means a biological, chemical or physical agent in, or condition of, food with the potential to cause an adverse health effect; (v) "import" means bringing into India any article of food by land, sea or air; (w) "improvement notice" means a notice issued under s.32 of this Act; (x) "infant food" and "infant milk substitute" shall have the meanings assigned to them in clauses (f) and (g) of sub-section (1) of s.2 of the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) act, 1992 (41 of 1992), respectively; (y) "ingredient" means any substance, including a food additive used in the manufacture or preparation of food and present in the final product, possibly in a modified form; (z) "label" means any tag, brand, mark, pictorial or.....

Finance Act, 2006 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2006

FINANCE ACT, 2006 FINANCE ACT, 2006 21 of 2006 An Act to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2006-2007. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY: SECTION 1: Short title and Commencement: (1) This Act may be called the Finance Act, 2006. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, sections 2 to 57 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2006. CHAPTER 2: RATES OF INCOME-TAX: SECTION 2: Income-tax: (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 2006, income-tax shall be charged at the rates specified in Part I of the First Schedule and such tax as reduced by the rebate of income- tax calculated under Chapter VIII-A of the Income-tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the Income-tax Act) shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated in each case in the manner provided therein. (2) In the cases to which Paragraph A of Part I of the First Schedule applies, where the assessee has, in the previous year,.....

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Complete Act

Title: Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....of Food Authority Section17 - Proceedings of Food Authority Chapter III Section18 - General principles to be followed in administration of Act Chapter IV Section19 - Use of food additive or processing aid Section20 - Contaminants, naturally occurring toxic substances, heavy metals, etc. Section21 - Pesticides, veterinary drugs residues, antibiotic residues and microbiological counts Section22 - Genetically modified foods, organic foods, functional foods, proprietary foods, etc. Section23 - Packaging and labelling of foods Section24 - Restrictions of advertisement and prohibition as to unfair trade practices Chapter v Section25 - All imports of articles of food to be subject to this Act Chapter IV Section26 - Responsibilities of the food business operator Section27 - Liability of manufacturers, packers, wholesalers, distributors and sellers Section28 - Food recall procedures Section29 - Authorities responsible for enforcement of Act Section30 - Commissioner of Food Safety of the State Section31 - Licensing and registration of food business Section32 - Improvement notices Section33 - Prohibition orders Section34 - Emergency prohibition notices and orders .....

Finance Act, 2006 Section 28

Title: Amendment of Section 115wb

State: Central

Year: 2006

In section 115WB of the Income-tax Act, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007,-- (a) in sub-section (2),-- (i) in clause (D), in the proviso,-- (A) in clause (v), the word "and" occurring at the end shall be omitted; (B) after clause (vi), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-- "(vii) being the expenditure on distribution of free samples of medicines or of medical equipment, to doctors; and (viii) being the expenditure by way of payment to any person of repute for promoting the sale of goods or services of the business of the employer,"; (ii) in clause (F), the words and brackets "tour and travel (including foreign travel)" shall be omitted; (iii) after clause (P), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-- "(Q) tour and travel (including foreign travel)."; (b) in sub-section (3), after the words "payable by the employee", the words "or any benefit or amenity in the nature of free or subsidised transport or any such allowance provided by the employer to his employees for journeys by the employees from their residence to the place of work or such place of work to the place of residence" shall be inserted at the end.

Finance Act, 2006 Chapter III

Title: Direct Taxes

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....where an assessee claims that no expenditure has been incurred by him in relation to income which does not form part of the total income under this Act". Section 8 - Amendment of section 17 In section 17 of the Income-tax Act, in clause (2), after sub-clause (vi), in the proviso, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007,-- (i) in clause (iii), after the words "Central Government", the words, brackets and figures "or the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999,(41 of 1999)" shall be inserted; (ii) in clause (iv), after the words "Central Government", the words, brackets and figures "or the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999,(41 of 1999)" shall be inserted. Section 9 - Amendment of section 36 In section 36 of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (1),-- (a) for clause (ib), the following clause shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-- "(ib) the amount of any premium paid by cheque by the.....

Central Silk Board (Amendment) Act, 2006 Section 9

Title: Insertion of New Sections 8a To8j

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....exim policy for export and import of silk-worm seed. (2) All import of silk-worm seed shall conform to the quality standards specified under sub-section (2) of section 8C. (3) For the purpose of ensuring compliance with the conditions and quality standards for governing such import, the Central Government may, by order, authorise officers of the level of Assistant Commissioner to exercise the powers of inspection at the borders and ports, and such officers shall be deemed to be the Seed Officers for the purposes of this Act. (4) The Central Government may, by notification, permit for research purposes, import of an unregistered variety of silk-worm seed in such quantity and subject to such conditions as may be specified. (5) The Central Government may, by notification, restrict the export or import of silk-worm seed of any kind or variety if it considers that it may adversely affect the silk industry or on such other grounds, as it may consider necessary. 8J. Statement by silk-worm seed producers.--Every registered silk-worm seed producer and dealer shall furnish periodic statement to the Committee in such form, manner and at such intervals as may be specified by.....

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Section 91

Title: Power of Central Government to Make Rules

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....Chairperson and Members other than ex officio Members under sub-section (2) and the manner of subscribing to an oath of office and secrecy under sub-section (3) of section 7; (b) qualifications of Food Safety Officer under sub-section (1) of section 37; (c) the manner of taking the extract of documents seized under sub-clause (8) of section 38; (d) determination of cases for referring to appropriate courts and time-frame for such determination under sub-section (4) of section 42; (e) qualifications of Food Analysts under section 45; (f) the manner of sending sample for analysis and details of the procedure to be followed in this regard under sub-section (1) of section 47; (g) the procedure to be followed in adjudication of cases under sub-section (1) of section 68; (h) qualifications, terms of office, resignation and removal of Presiding Officer under sub-section (4), the procedure of appeal and powers of Tribunal under subsection (5) of section 70; (i) any other matter relating to procedure and powers of Tribunal under clause (g) of sub-section (2) of section 71; (j) the fee to be paid for preferring an appeal to the High Court under sub-section (1) of section.....

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Chapter XII

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....officer of the Central Government, the State Government or any member, officer or other employee of such Authority and bodies or any other officer acting under this Act for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder. Section 89 - Overriding effect of this Act over all other food related laws The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any law other than this Act. Section 90 - Transfer of existing employees of Central Government Agencies governing various food related Acts or Orders to Food Authority On and from the date of establishment of the Food Authority, every employee holding office under the Central Government Agencies administering food laws immediately before that date shall hold his office in the Food Authority by the same tenure and upon the same terms and conditions of service including remuneration, leave, provident fund, retirement and other terminal benefits as he would have held such office if the Food Authority had not been.....