Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

The Tea Act, 1953Central Act · Act 29 of 1953

(1) This Act may be called the Tea Act, 1953.

(2) It extends to the whole of India:

Provided that it shall not apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir* except to the extent to which the provisions of this Act relate to the control of the export of tea from, and the cultivation of tea in, India.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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Act	The Tea Act, 1953
Section	1
Marginal note	Short title, extent and commencement.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In 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.

other. . 1st April, 1956; see notification No. S.R.O. 943, dated the 17th March 1954, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1954, Part II, s. 3 *. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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