Essential Commodities Act, 1955
Section - 1 - Short title and extent
ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1955
(10 OF 1955)
An Act to provide, in the interest of the general public, for the control of the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce in, certain commodities.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title and extent
1. (1) This Act may be called the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
(2) It extends to the whole of India. [***]
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