Government of India
Ministry of Textiles
New Delhi, the 26th August, 1987.
NOTIFICATION
GSR 73 1 (B) In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-section
(1) of section 17 of the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing
Commodities) Act, 1987 (10 of 1987), the Central Government hereby makes the
following rules, namely
1. Short title and
commencement
(1) These rules may be
called the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities)
Rules, 1987. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in
the Official Gazette.
2. Definition - In these
rules, unless the context otherwise requires :
(a) "Act"
means the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act,
1987 (10 of 1987).
(b) "Committee"
means the Standing Advisory Committee constituted under section 4.
(c) "Competent
authority" means a State Government or any officer or authority subordinate to the Central
Government or a State Government as may be specified by the Central Government
under section 13.
(d) "Form"
means a form appended to these rules.
(e ) "Producer" means the producer or
manufacturer of any commo-dity.
(f) "Sample"
means a sample of any jute packaging material taken under the provisions of the Act or under these rules. (g)
"Section" means a section of the Act; All words and expressions used
and not defined in these rules but defined in the Act shall have the meanings
respectively assigned to them in the Act.
3 Establishment
and constitution of the Committee
(a) The Committee to be constituted under sub-section (1) of section
4 shall consist of a Chairman and such
other members, not exceeding twenty, as may be nominated by the Central
Government.
(b) The members of the Committee shall hold office for a term
of three years.
(c) A casual vacancy occuring in the office of the Chairman or any
other member of the Committee by death, resignation or otherwise shall be
filled by fresh nomination and the person nominated to fill that vacancy shall
hold office only for the remainder of the term for which the Chairman or, as
the case may be, the member whose place he takes, was nominated.
(d) The Chairman of the
Committee shall preside at its meetings.
Porvided that when the Chairman
is absent or is unable to attend any meeting of the Committee, any other menber
of the Committee as may be nominated in writting by him for the purpose shall
preside over the meeting of the
Committee.
(e) The Committee shall meet at
such place and at such time as may be determined by the Chairman. Provided that
the Committee shall meet at least once a year to review the commodities or
class of commodities, or percentage thereof, required to be packed in jute
packaging material under section 3.
4. Maintenance of register and submission of
return
Every producer, who is required under section 3 to use jute packaging
material for packing commodities shall maintain a register in Form I and submit
a return in Form II within fifteen days of the following month to the Competent
authority having jurisdiction in respect of the commodity (Commodities).
5. Power to call for information and samples
(a) Every producer, who is required under section 3 to use jute
packaging material for packing of commodities, shall furnish to the Competent
authority when so required by an order or orders issued to him, such
information in his possession with respect to any commodity or class of
commodities or percentage thereof which requires such packing, insuch form and
within such period as may be specified in such order or orders. Every such producer shall also furnish
samples of jute packaging material for inspection at such place or places and
within such period as may be specified in the said order or orders. The Competent authority may call for the
submission of the return from time to time by every such producer within the
date specified by him.
(b) If any producer fails to furnish the return referred to in sub-rule
(1) within the specified date or furnishes incorrect or defective
return, the Competent authority may serve a notice on the producer calling upon
him to producer all or any of his accounts relating to commodities produced or
manufactured in and removed from his factory.
(c) If the producer, after furnishing a return discovers any omission or
wrong statement therein, he may, with the permission of the Competent authority
make appropriate changes in the return and resubmit it any time before he
receives the notice under sub-rule (2).
6. Powers of the Competent authority to
inspect the records of the producer :
Every producer shall permit the Competent authority to enter at
all reasonable times, any Places, premises or vehicale where any commodity
packed in jute packaging material is stored or kept for supply or distribution,
for inspection and collection of information relating thereto and to inspect the books of accounts and
records maintained by him, for the purpose of verifying the correctness of the
information or returns furnished by him and securing COMPliance with the order
issued under section 3.
7. Period to be considered for verifying
Compliance with order issued under section 3 :
Where an order has been issued by the Central Government under section 3 requiring any commodity,
class of commodities or any percentage thereof to be packed in jute packaging
material for their percentage thereof to be packed in jute packaging material
for their supply or distribution, the compliance with that order shall be
determined with reference to use of specified percentage of jute packaging
material in a period of one calendar month.
8. Use of new and unused jute packaging
materials :
In any order to be issued under section 3, it shall be competent for the Central Government to indicate that only new and unused jute packaging materials shall be used by the producer.
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