(1) This Act may be called the West Molasses Control Act, 1949.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
(3) It shall come into force on the let day of April, 1949.
(4) It shall remain in force for three years only but the Provincial Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that it shall remain in force for such further period or periods not exceeding two years in the aggregate as may be specified in the notification.
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(a) "molasses" means the final residual by-product of factories manufacturing sugar from cane, or by refining gur, by means of vacuum pans, but does not include convertible molasses which are the final residual by-product of factories operating on the open pan system;
(b) "notified order" means an order, notified in the Official Gazette.