The Lac Cess Act, 1930

An Act to provide for financing a Committee for the improvement and development of the cultivation, manufacture and marking of lac.

Act No. ACT NO. XXIV OF 1930

Date: 25th July, 1930

¹An Act to provide for financing a Committee for the improvement and development of the cultivation, manufacture and marking of lac. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for financing a Committee for the improvement and development of the cultivation, manufacture and marking of lac; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Lac Cess Act, 1930.

(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.

Section 2. Definition

In this Act-

²(a) "Collector" means a Collector of Customs appointed under section 3 of the Customs Act, 1969;

(b) "the Committee" means the ³ * Food and Agriculture Committee set up under sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Agricultural Produce Cess Act, 1940, or any body which replaces the said Committee under sub-section (2) of that section;

(d) "lac cess" means the customs duty imposed by section 3.

Section 3. Imposition of lac cess

There shall be levied and collected on all lac and refuse lac exported from Bangladesh a cess at the rate of ⁴forty-four poisha per maund in the case of lac, and ⁵thirty-one poisha per maund in the case of refuse lac. or at such other rate as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, prescribe.

Section 4. [Omitted]

[Omitted by section 7 of the Lac Cess (Amendment) Act, 1950 (Act No. XX of 1950).]

Section 5. [Omitted]

[Omitted by section 7

Section 5A. [Omitted]

[Omitted by section 7 of the Lac Cess (Amendment) Act, 1950 (Act No. XX of 1950).]

Section 6. Application of the lac cess

(1) At the close of each month or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, the Collector shall pay the proceeds of the lac cess, after deducting the expenses of collection (if any), to the Committee.

(1A) [Omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).]

(2) The Committee shall adopt such measures as it may consider necessary or expedient for the improvement of development of methods of cultivating, manufacturing and marketing lac.

Section 7. [Omitted]

[Omitted by section 9 of the Lac Cess (Amendment) Act. 1950 (Act No. XX of 1950).]

Section 8. Power of Government to make rules

The Government may, after previous publication, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Section 9. [Omitted]

[Omitted by section 11 of the Lac Cess (Amendment) Act, 1950 (Act No. XX of 1950).]

Section 10. Publication of rules

All rules made under section 8 shall be published in the official Gazette.

Section 11. [Repealed]

[Repealed by section 2 and Schedule of the Repealing Act, 1938 (Act No. I of 1938).]

Section 12. [Omitted]

[Omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).

Footnotes

1.Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided the words "Bangladesh" and "Government" were substituted, for the words "Pakistan" and "Central Government" respectively by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973) (See: Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973)

2.Clause (a) was substituted, for clause (a) by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973) (See: Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973)

3.The word "Pakistan" was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973) (See: Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973)

4.The words "forty four poisha" were substituted, for the words "seven annas" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973) (See: Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973)

5.The words "thirty-one poisha" were substituted, for the words "five annas" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973) (See: Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973)