The Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II Section 1 New Delhi Saturday September 2 1950

8. Holding of stocks.—(1) If any dealer has in his possession in the course of his business a stock of any goods and the said dealer or any person employed by him to sell goods in the course of his business when asked by any other person (hereafter in this section referred to as the buyer") to sell goods of that description or whether he or his employer has such goods for sale-. (i) refuses to s [...] (2) It shall be a defence for a person charged with any such offence to prove that the sale of the goods or the sale thereof without the fulfiment of the condition proposed by him would having regard to the"242 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY LPART II qattiktIty of goods which he or that person was requested to sell or any other consideration— (a) be contrary to the normal practice of his [...] Power to regulate production and distribution of goods.—Thor Central Government may by order in writing — (a) prohibit the disposal of any goods except in such circumstances and under such conditions as may be specified in the order; (b) direct the sale of the whole or a specified part of the stock of any goods at such prices and to such persons or class of persons or in such circumstances as ma [...] Offences by Corporation.—(1) Where any person contravening any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any order or direction made thereunder is a company or other body corporate every person who during the relevant period was in charge of and was responsible to the company or other body corporate during that period for the conduct of the business of the establishment in or in relation to [...] Powers of search and seizure.—(1) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Ordinance the Central Government may by244 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II vekeral or special order authorise any officer not below the rank of an ins ctor of police— (a) to enter and search any premises vehicles vessels or aicraft occupied for the purpose of the business in aty goods or where