Tea
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Tea, means tea plant and includes tea leaves, Goodricke Group Ltd. v. State of West Bengal, 1995 Supp (1) SCC 707. [Tea Act, 1953, s. 3(n)]
The Sale of Food (Weights and Measures) Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 63), makes it an offence to sell tea otherwise than by net weight and in multiples of ounces and pounds. Tea was first taxed in 1660 (12 Car. 2, c. 23) as a beverage at 8d. a gallon, and afterwards in the leaf at 5s. per lb. in 1688 (1 W. & M. Sess. 2, c. 6
The Sale of Food (Weights and Measures) Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 63), makes it an offence to sell tea otherwise than by net weight and in multiples of ounces and pounds. Tea was first taxed in 1660 (12 Car. 2, c. 23) as a beverage at 8d. a gallon, and afterwards in the leaf at 5s. per lb. in 1688 (1 W. & M. Sess. 2, c. 6
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