Section 5: Returns.⸻(1) The owner of every cotton pressing factory shall submit to the prescribed

5. Returns.⸻(1) The owner of every cotton pressing factory shall submit to the prescribed authority, within such time and in such form as may be prescribed, weekly returns showing the total number of bales of cotton pressed during the preceding week and from the commencement of the season to the end of that week, and the approximate average net weight of the bales pressed in that week. 1 (2) The [Provincial Government] shall compile from the weekly returns, and shall publish in such manner as 1[it thinks fit], a statement showing the total number of bales pressed in the Province during the week and from the commencement of the season to the end of the week, to which the returns relate: Provided that the number of bales pressed in any individual factory shall not be published. (3) If default is made in submitting any return as required by sub-section (1), the owner of the factory shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees. (4) Where the owner of a cotton pressing factory has notified to the prescribed authority that the work of pressing bales in that factory has been suspended, it shall not be necessary for the owner to submit returns under sub-section (1) until such work has been resumed. Explanation.⸻In this section “season” means the period notified in this behalf by the 1[Provincial Government] in the 1[official Gazette]. 2[5A. Returns from cotton ginning factories.⸻(1) 3[This section shall be in force in 4[the Karachi Division and Baluchistan] only; but the Provincial Government concerned may, by notification in the official Gazette, bring this section into force in 5[East Pakistan or the remaining parts of West Pakistan].] (2) The owner of every cotton ginning factory shall submit to the prescribed authority, within such time and in such form as may be prescribed, weekly returns showing the quantity of cotton ginned in the factory during the preceding week and from the commencement of the season to the end of that week. (3) The Provincial Government shall compile from the weekly returns so submitted, and shall publish in such manner as it thinks fit, a statement showing the total quantity of cotton ginned in the Province during the week and from the commencement of the season to the end of the week, to which the returns relate: Provided that the quantity of cotton ginned in any individual factory shall not be published. (4) If default is made in submitting any return as required by sub-section (2), the owner of the factory shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees. 1Subs. by A. O., 1937. 2Ins. by Act No. IX of 1942, s. 2. 3Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., (with effect from the 14th October, 1955). 4Subs. by the Central Adaptation of Laws Order, 1964 (P. O. No. 4 of 1964), Art. 2 and Sch. 5“East Pakistan or the remaining parts of West Pakistan” were sub. with “the whole or any specified part of the Province” by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 5 and Sch. IV (only to the extent of Islamabad Capital Territory). (5) The provisions of sub-section (4) of section 5 apply to cotton ginning factories and the returns referred to in sub-section (2) of this section as they apply to cotton pressing factories and the returns referred to in sub-section (1) of section 5, and “season” in this section means the season as notified for the purposes of section 5.]

Effective date: 1925-01-01

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