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Section 24A: Adjudication.

The Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951Central Act · Act 65 of 1951

[24A. Adjudication.--(1) The Central Government, for the purposes of determining the penalties under section 24, shall authorise the District Magistrate or the Additional District Magistrate, having jurisdiction, to be the adjudicating officer, to hold an inquiry and impose penalty in the manner, as may be prescribed.

(2) The adjudicating officer may summon and enforce the attendance of any person acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case to give evidence or to produce any document, which in the opinion of the adjudicating officer, may be useful for, or relevant to, the subject-matter of the inquiry and if, on such inquiry, he is satisfied that the person concerned has failed to comply with the provisions of this Act, he may impose such penalty as he thinks fit in accordance with the provisions of section 24:

Provided that no such penalty shall be imposed without giving the person concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951
Section24A
Marginal noteAdjudication.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act 18 of 2023. . Subs. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule, for section 24A (w.e.f. 12-12-2023).

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