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The Essential Commodities Act, 1957

First Schedule(i) Foodstuffs including edible oilseeds, and oils.

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First Schedule

SCHEDULE (See section 2) (i) Foodstuffs including edible oilseeds, and oils. (ii) Paper including newsprint, photographic paper, paper board, pulp board, wall board, fibre board, straw board, box board, cellulose wadding, cellulose film and other similar materials, which are manufactured, wholly or mainly either from vegetable fibres or pulp thereof or both from such fibres and such pulp, but does not include of these materials. (iii) Petroleum and petroleum products. (iv) Mechanically propelled vehicles, including those in completely knocked-down condition, their spare parts, and tyres and tubes for the same. (v) Coal. (vi) Iron and Steel. (vii) Drugs and medicines, including those administered by injection. (viii) Chemicals, including gases. (ix) Electrical and radio goods and appliances including wires and cables. (x) Glass plates and glass sheets. (xi) Artificial Silk Yarn. (xii) | Cycles and their spare parts. (xiii) | Timber. (xiv) | Sanitary and water supply fittings. (xv) | Infant and patient foods and allied articles. (xvi) | Cement. (xvii) | Cigarettes. (xviii) | Tallow. (xix) | Ammunition including gun and rifle cartridges. (xx) | 35 mm. (cine) raw films. (xxi) | Torch cells. (xxii) | Cotton textiles and yarn. (xxiii) | Chemical fertilisers. (xxiv) | Glazed Tiles. (xxv) | Art Silk Fabrics. (xxvi) | Woollen and worsted textile and yarn, all sorts. (xxvii) | Sugar. (xxviii) | Tea. (xxix) | Shaving blades. (xxx) | School and colleges text books. (xxxi) | Plastic Compounds and plastic sheets. (xxxii) | Sewing Machines and their spare parts. (xxxiii) | Typewriters, Comptometers and similar mechanical equipments used in offices and their spare parts. (xxxiv) | B-Twill and ‘B’ Twill Gunny Bags. ________

End of First Schedule.

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