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In forceACT NO. XIII OF 1957 · 7th May, 1957

The Cotton Ginning and Pressing Act, 1957 (East Pakistan Act)

তুলা জিনিং ও প্রেসিং আইন, 1957 (পূর্ব পাকিস্তান আইন)

An Act to provide for powers to regulate charges for ginning and pressing of cotton, to requisition factories for storing of cotton and to enforce any agreement for the purchase and sale of cotton. ♣

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Contents

  1. PreamblePreamble
  2. Section 1Short title, extent and commencement
  3. Section 2Definitions
  4. Section 3Ginning and pressing charges
  5. Section 4Requisition of factories, etc.
  6. Section 5Proprietors, etc., of ginning factories to buy cotton offered for sale
  7. Section 6Penalty
  8. Section 7Attempts and abetments
  9. Section 8False statement
  10. Section 9Cognizance of offence
  11. Section 10Power to try offences summarily
  12. Section 11Special provision regarding fines
  13. Section 12Presumption as to orders
  14. Section 13Protection of action taken under this Act