Newsprint Control Order, 2004. - S.O.1105(E). - Indian Law

ORDER New Delhi, the 11th October, 2004 11/10/2004 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 G of the (Development: and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951), the Central Government hereby makes the following order, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement. (1) This order may be called the Newsprint Control Order, 2004. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions . In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) Act means the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951(65 of 1951); (b) consumer of newsprint means a printer or publisher of newspaper periodicals, text-books of general interest who uses newsprint; (c) authorised officer means any person authorised by the Central Government to exercise the powers under section 19 of the Act; (d) dealer in newsprint means an importer of newsprint and an agent appointed by any mill as specified in item 4 of Schedule for distribution of their newsprint and a person authorised by the newspapers for taking deliveries of newsprint on their behalf. (e) newsprint means paper of any of the descriptions specified in the Schedule, which is used for printing and shall include odd size newsprint whether produced indigenously by any mill as specified in item 4 of the Schedule or imported and certified to be as such by the authorised officer. (f) reject newsprint means any newsprint produced by any mill as specified in item 4 of the Schedule which cannot be used by a printer or publisher on a rotary printing press on account of numerous joints or crushed central core in it or otherwise defective; (g) Schedule means the Schedule to this order. 3. Power to requisition stocks. The authorised officer may, with a view to maintaining supplies of newsprint or securing its equitable distribution, by order, require any person other than a consumer of newsprint holding stock of newsprint. (a) to sell the whole or a specified part of the stock to the Government or to an officer of the Government or to such other person or class of person and at Such price as may be specified in the order; (b) not to sell or deliver the stock without the permission in writing of the authorised officer; (c) if he is not the owner of the stock, to disclose the name of the owner. 4. Accounts and returns. (1) Every dealer in newsprint and every consumer of newsprint shall maintain a true and a correct account of newsprint acquired and disposed of by him and shall submit to the-authorised officer (a) within one month from the commencement of this order, a return showing the stock of newsprint held by him at such commencement; and (b) thereafter, for the half years ending the 30 th June and the 31 st December, of each year so as to reach the authorised officer within fifteen days of the close of the half year, showing the stock of newsprint acquired and disposed of by him during the period covered by the return. 5. Power to collect information.- The authorized officer may, with a view to securing compliance with this order. (i) call for information or statistics with a view to view regulating of prohibiting any of the matters referred in clause (a) to (f) of sub-section (2) of section 18G; (ii) order the production of any documents, book, register or record in the possession and control of any person relating to the acquisition or disposal of newsprint. 6. Saving Nothing is this order shall apply to:- (a) the acquisition or sale of newsprint manufactured by all Mill as specified in item 4 of the Schedule not exceeding 200 Kilograms in weight in any one transaction; (b) the acquisition or sale of reject newsprint; any transfer of stock of newsprint by one consumer of newsprint to another by way of loan for a period not exceeding three months; Provided that the transferee and the transfer give to the authorized officer intimation of the transfer within thirty days thereof; (c) sale of any kind of waste newsprint by any dealer in newsprint or the sale acquisition, consumption or use of such newsprint by any consumer of newsprint. 7. Application of the other law not barred. The provisions of this order shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of any other law for the time being in force relating to newsprint. Schedule 1. White Printing Paper (excluding laid marked-paper) containing mechanical wood or bagasse pulp obtained by the mechanical pulping processes, that is to say:- (a) Stone Ground wood Process (SGW); (b) Pressuried Ground Wood Process (PGW); (c) Chemi Ground Wood Process (CGW); (d) Fine Ground Wood Process (FGW); (e) Refiner Mechanical Pulping (RMP); (f) Chemi Refiner Mechanical Pulping (CRMP); (g) Chemical Mechanical Pulping (CMP); (h) Semi Chemical Pulping (SCP); (i) Thermo Mechanical Pulping (TMP); (j) Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulping (CTMP); (k) Thermal Refiner Mechanical Pulping (TRMP); (l) Tandem Thermo-Mechanical Pulping (TANDEM TMP); (m) Semi-Chemical Mechanical Pulping (SCMP); and (n) Cold Soda Refiner Mechanical Pulping (CSRMP); Conforming to Indian Standard requirements for newsprint paper specified by Bureau of Indian Standards. 2. White Printing Paper (excluding laid marked-paper) manufactured out of raw material furnish containing deinked recycled waste paper conforming to Indian Standard requirements for newsprint paper specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards. 3. Glazed newsprint 4. Indigenous newsprint manufactured by the following:- S.No. Name of the Mill and Location 1. NEPA Limited Nepa Nagar, Madhya Pradesh 2. Hindustan Newsprint Limited Kottayam, Kerala 3. Mysore Paper Mills Bhadravati, Karnataka 4. Tamil Nadu News Print Papers Limited Karur, Tamil Nadu 5. Rayalseema Paper Mills Ltd. Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh 6. Nagaon Paper Mills (HPC) Morigaon, Assam 7. Cachar Paper Mills (HPC) Hailakandi, Assam 8. Aurangabad Paper Mills Pvt. Ltd. Aurangabad, Maharashtra 9. Sun Paper Mills Ltd. Tiruneveli, Tamil Nadu 10. Jayant Paper Mills Ltd. Surat, Gujarat 11. Servalakashmi Paper Boards Dindigual Anna, Tamil Nadu. 12. Danalakashmi Paper Mills Pvt. Ltd. Dindigual Anna, Tamil Nadu. 13. Ajanta Paper General Products Ltd. Thane, Maharashtra. 14. Amrit Paper Hoshiarpur, Punjab 15. Sri Venkatesa Paper Boards Ltd. Dindigual Anna, Tamil Nadu 16. Indo Afrique Paper Mills Ltd. Puree, Maharashtra 17. GVG Paper Mills (P) Ltd. Dindigual Anna, Tamil Nadu. 18. Ram Paper Mills Ltd. Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh 19. Shirke Paper Mills Ltd.(Brown Paper Technologies) Satara, Maharashtra 20. The United Pulp Paper Ltd. Hoshiarpur, Punjab 21. Gulmohar Paper Ltd. Calcutta, West Bengal 22. Amravathi Sri Venkatesa Paper Mills Ltd. Dindigual Anna, Tamil Nadu. 23. Laxmi Board Paper Mills Ltd. Kalyan, Maharashtra 24. Simplex Mills Co. Ltd. Bhandara, Maharashtra 25. Pudumjee Pulp Paper Mills Ltd. Pune, Maharashtra 26. Gaurav Paper Mills Chandrapur, Maharashtra 27. Shree Industries Ltd. Ahmedabad, Gujarat 28. Rama Newsprint Papers Ltd. Valsad, Gujarat 29. Shree Rajeshwaranand Paper Mills Ltd. Jhugadia, Gujarat 30. Ruby Masons Ltd. Valsad, Gujarat 31. Shri Hari Krishna Papers Pvt, Ltd. Dindigual Anna, Tamil Nadu 32. Kamakshi Papers (P) Ltd. Moradabad, U.P. 33. Pratap Paper Mills Ltd. Gurdaspur, Punjab 34. B.V.V. Paper Industries Ltd. Coimbatore, T.N. 35. Madhya Desh Pulp Paper Mills. Nagpur, Maharashtra 36. Rawal Papers Ltd. Rai Bareli, U.P. 37. Ellora Paper Mills Ltd. Bbandara, Maharashtra 38. Shah Pulp Paper Mills Ltd. Vapi, Gujarat 39. Kasat Paper Pulp Ltd. Pune, Maharashtra 40. Sangal Papers Ltd. Meerut, U.P. 41. Apex Paper Mills Nagpur, Maharashtra 42. Emami Paper Mills Ltd. Balasore, Orissa 43. Daman Ganga Papers Ltd. Valsad, Gujarat 44. Anurag Board Paper Mills (P) Ltd., Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. 45. N.R. Aggarwal Industries Ltd., (Unit II) Valsad, Gujarat 46. V.G. Paper Boards Ltd. Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. 47. Three Star Paper Mills Ltd. Dadri, Distt Gautam Budh Nagar, U.P. 48. Chandpur Enterprises Ltd. Chardpur Distt. Bijnore, U.P. 49. Coastal Papers Ltd. Kodiam Mandal, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. 50. Vishnupriya Paper Mill Private Limited. Ponneri, Perambalur, Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. 51. The South India Paper Mills Ltd. Nangangud Distt., Mysore, Karnataka. 52. The Pragati Paper Industries Ltd. Nahan, Distt. Sirmaur, H.P. 53. Nachiketa Papers Ltd. Mubarakpur, Distt. Patiala, Punjab. 54. Nelsun Paper Mill Ltd. Solagampatty, Distt. Tanjore, Tamil Nadu. 55. Sikka Paper Mills Shamli, Distt Muzaffarnagar, UP 56. Pragati Paper Mills Ltd. Industrial Area, Sahibabad, Gaziabad U.P. 57. Kalpataru Paper Ltd. Karoli Kalol, Mehsana, Gujarat 58. Coral Newsprint Ltd. Gajraula Hasanpur, UP 59. Shiva Paper Mills Ltd Milak Rampur, UP 60. Kaygaon Paper Mills Ltd. Gangapur, Aurangabad Maharashtra. 61. Khatema Fibres Ltd. Khatema, Nainital 62. V.G. Paper Board Ltd. Swaminathapuram, Palani, Dindigual TN 63. Ajanta paper and General products Ltd. Jhagadia, Bharuch, Gujarat 64. Malu Paper Mills The Savner, Distt. Nagpur, Maharashtra. 65. Murli Agro Products Ltd. Distt. Nagpur, Maharashtra. 66. Sri Ramadas Paper Boards Ltd., Andhra Pradesh 67. Sri Ramachandra Paper Boards Limited, Andhra Pradesh. 68. Rolex paper Mills Ltd., Andhra Pradesh. 69. Cosboard Inudstries Ltd., Orissa 70. Shakumbhri Straw Products Ltd., U.P. 5. Newsprint manufactured by any other mills notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette as Mill producing newsprint [F. No. 4(2)/2002-Paper] S. JAGADEESAN, R. Secy.