O.1 Short title, extent and commencement

       1. This order may be called the Cotton Control Order, 1986.
       2. It extends to the whole of India.
       3. It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the official Gazette.

O.2 Repeal & Saving

       1. The Cotton Control Order 1955 is hereby repealed:
       Provided that any order made, notification issued, licence granted, right accrued, penalty incurred, or anything done or deemed to have been done under the said Order or any corresponding Order in force shall be deemed to have been made, issued, granted, accrued, incurred or done under the corresponding provisions of this Order.
       2. In this order, unless the context otherwise requires:-

O.3 Definitions

       a. "Contract" means a ready delivery contract;
       b. "Cotton" means:-
       (1) ginned cotton; and
       (2) ginned and pressed cotton, and includes both Indian and foreign cotton, but excludes all the wastes comprising either 100% cotton or a muixture of cotton and non-cotton fibres thrown out during various processes in the spinning of cotton;
       1(3) unginned cotton";
       Cotton, ginning, factory" means any place where cotton is ginned or where cotton fibre is separated from cotton seed by any process whatever, involving the use of steam, water or other mechanical power or of electrical power;
       c. "Cotton pressing factory" means any place where loose cotton is pressed into bales b

O.4 Control on Stocks

       (1) The Textile Commissioner may specify the maximum quantity of cotton, which a 2[manufacturer, cotton ginning factory, cotton pressing factory, cotton ginning and Pressing factory and a person, other than a member of Hindu undivided family growing cotton] may have in his possession at any time;
       Provided that where a manufacturer has already entered into any contract for the purchase of cotton in excess of the maximum quantity specified, he shall either cancel such contracts or sell and deliver the excess quantity to a person nominated by the Textile Commissioner on such conditions as may be specified.
       (2) In exercising the powers under sub-clause (1), the Textile Commissioner shall have regard to the following matters, namely:-
       a. the consumption of cotton by the manufacturer for manufacturi

O.5 Packing

       3"5, SPECIFICATION FOR COTTON BALES
       Every owner or lessee of a cotton ginning factory or cotton pressing factory or cotton ginning and pressing factory shall pack cotton: -
       a For the purposes of export only as per the Indian standard specification number IS:12171 for cotton bales laid down by the Bureau of Indian Standards;
       b For the purposes of domestic consumption after observing the following specifications:-
       3. Substituted by Notification dt 14.11.1991 for the following:-
       5. Every owner of lessees of a cotton ginning factory or cotton pressing factory or cotton ginning and pressing factory shall pack cotton only in standard bales containing 170 kgs. of cotton with a tolerance of 5 kgs on either side;

O.6 Power to Call for Information and Power to Inspect Search & Seize

       (1) The Textile Commissioner may with a view to securing compliance with this order-
       a. require any 2[manufacturer, cotton ginning factory, cotton pressing factory, cotton ginning and Pressing factory and a person, other than a member of Hindu undivided family growing cotton] to give any information with respect to quantities and varieties of cotton held in his possession.
       b. Inspect or cause to be inspected any book or other document belonging to the manufacturer;
       c. Enter and search or authories any person to enter and search any premises and seize or authorised any person to seize any article in respect of which he has reason to believe that a contravention of this order has been committed and any other article in the premises which he has reason to believe has been or is intended to be use

O.7 Delegation of Powers

The Textile Commissioner, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, may be general or special order in writing, authorise any officer to exercise on his behalf all or any of his functions and powers under this order.

O.8 Appeal

       Any person aggrieved by an order of the Textile Commissioner made under this order, may prefer an appeal to the Central Government within thirty days of the date of communication to him of such order and the decision of the Central Government thereon shall be final;
       Provided that the Central Government may entertain an appeal after the expiry of said period of thirty days if the appellant satisfies the Central Government that he has sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the specified time.