Section 8Fixation of prices

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8. Fixation of prices The Controller-General [or, as the case may be, the Chairman] may, from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, fix the maximum prices up to which any variety of tea may be sold by (a) a blender, (b) an importer, (c) a wholesaler, (d) a retailer, or (e) any other person or class of persons, and no person shall sell or resell tea at prices higher than the prices so fixed. Explanation.- It shall not be a contravention of this section to sell or resell tea at prices lower than the prices fixed under this section.

1. 12. The words and commas “or, as the case may be, the Chairman” were inserted by Article 4 of the Tea (Control of Prices, Distribution and Movement) Ordinance (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 160 of 1972)