JUTE AND JUTE TEXTILES CONTROL ORDER, 2000

O.1 Short title, extent and commencement

       (1) This Order may be called the Jute and Jute Textiles Control Order, 2000.
       (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 Definitions

       In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,--
       (a) "carrier" includes the railways or any other person engaged in the business of transporting goods from one place to another by land, air or water;
       2[(aa) "Jute Authority" means an officer, not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India, nominated by the Central Government to be the Jute Authority.]
       (b) "Jute Commissioner" means the Jute Commissioner appointed by the Central Government and includes any other officer appointed as such to exercise the powers of the Jute Commissioner under this Order;
       (c) "jute textiles" means hessian and sacking cloth made from jute, bags made from hessian or sacking cloth, twine, yarn and any other article made, wholly from raw jute, or part

O.3 Power to fix prices

       (1) The Jute Commissioner may, from time to time, notify in the Official Gazette, the minimum price, at which any variety of raw jute or any grade or specification of such variety may be purchased or sold and different prices may be fixed for different areas or for different varieties, grades and specifications of raw jute subject to the conditions that such price is based on the Minimum Support Price fixed by Central Government.
       (2) In fixing such price or prices, the Jute Commissioner shall have regard to the quality of raw jute or jute textiles, the railway freight and other expenses necessary for the transport of raw jute or jute textiles from the producing centre to the area or areas in relation to which such price or prices is or are fixed, estimated cost of production, necessity to make the same available at a fair price and any other relevant factor(s).

O.4 Power to Control production of jute textiles

The Jute Commissioner shall take all steps necessary for the implementation of the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987 or any other directive of the Central Government and may by order, direct any manufacturer or class of manufacturers, or the manufacturers generally, to produce such quantities of such classes or specifications of jute textiles as may be specified in the order for such implementation.

O.5 Power to regulate stocks of raw jute

       (1) The Jute Commissioner may, by order, specify the maximum or minimum quantity of raw jute which a jute manufacturer may have in his possession during any specified period.
       (2) In issuing an order under sub-clause (1), the Jute Commissioner shall have regard to Paragraph 4 of this Order:
       Provided that any order issued under this paragraph shall be for a specific period.

O.5(a) (1) With a view to ensure easy availability of raw jute, the Jute Commissioner, may by order, require any person or dealer or trader or agency holding stock of raw jute,

       (i) to apply for registration to the Jute Commissioner or any Officer duly authorized by him in his behalf;
       (ii) not to sell or deliver his stock beyond a specified limit without the permission in writing of the Jute Commissioner or Deputy Jute Commissioner; or
       (iii) to keep the maximum or minimum quantity of raw jute or any specified variety of jute which the person or the trader or the dealer may have in his possession or purchase or sell from or to any specified person or agency or otherwise during any specified period.
       (2) In issuing an order under sub-clause (1), the Jute Commissioner shall have regard to;
       (i) the quantity of raw jute in his possession;
       (ii) the quality, condition and grade compositi

O.6 Power to inspect quality

       The Jute Commissioner, may, with a view to ensuring quality of jute textiles in the market and to protect the interests of the end-user, require any person holding stock of jute textiles,--
       (a) to deliver samples for inspection at a place and time so fixed by a general or specific order;
       (b) to permit any official of the Central or State Government or any other autonomous body authorised by the Jute Commissioner to draw such samples for testing the same;
       (c) dispose of such stock(s) not conforming to specifications in such a manner as may be specified by him:
       Provided that a reasonable opportunity is afforded to such person before passing an order under clause (c).

O.7 Power to call for information and to inspect, search and seizure

       (1) The Jute Commissioner or any officer duly authorised by him in this behalf may, with a view to securing compliance with this Order--
       (a) require any person to give any information in his possession with respect to any business carried on by that person or any other person;
       (b) inspect or cause to be inspected or seize or cause to be seized books of accounts or other documents in the possession or under the control of any person which in his opinion shall be useful for or relevant to, any proceedings in respect of any contravention of this Order and allow the person from whose custody such books of accounts or other documents are seized to make copies thereof or to take extracts therefrom in the presence of the officer having the custody of such books of accounts or other documents;
       (c) ent

O.8 Appeal

       Any person aggrieved by an order of the Jute Commissioner made under this Order may prefer an appeal to the 3[Jute Authority] within thirty days of the date of communication to him of such order and the 3[Jute Authority] may after giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders on the appeal as it thinks fit and the decision of the 3[Jute Authority] thereon shall be final:
       Provided that the 3[Jute Authority] may entertain an appeal after the expiry of said period of thirty days, if the appellant satisfies the 3[Jute Authority] that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the specified time.
       3. Substituted by the Jute and Jute Textiles Control (Amendment) Order, 2009 vide Notification No. Order No. SO652(E) Dated 09.03.2009 for the words : -
       "Central Go

O.9 Penalty

Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Order or fails to carry out any direction or requisition made thereunder shall be punishable under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.

O.10 Power to authorise subordinate officers

Subject to the prior approval of the Central Government, the Jute Commissioner may, by a general or special order in writing, authorise any officer of the Central Government or a State Government to exercise on his behalf, all or any of his functions and powers under this Order.

O.11 Repeal and saving

The Jute Textiles (Control) Order, 1956 and the Jute (Licensing and Control) Order, 1961 and hereby repealed:
Provided that any order made, notification issued, right accrued, penalty imposed or anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken under or in pursuance of the said Orders shall be deemed to have been made, issued, accrued, imposed or done or taken under or in pursuance of the corresponding provisions of this Order.