Section 6B — Issue of show cause notice before confiscation of food grains, etc.

6B. Issue of show cause notice before confiscation of food grains, etc.―
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[(1)] No order 

confiscating 
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[any 

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[essential commodity] package, covering, receptacle, animal, vehicle, vessel or 

other conveyance] shall be made under section 6A unless the owner of such 
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[essential 

commodity] package, covering, receptacle, animal, vehicle, vessel or other conveyance) or the person 

from whom 
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[it is seized]― 

(a) is given a notice in writing informing him of the grounds on which it is proposed to 

confiscate the 
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[essential commodity] package, covering, receptacle, animal, vehicle, vessel or 

other conveyance]; 

                                                      
1. Subs. by Act 36 of 1967, s. 4, for “food grains, edible oilseeds or edible oils are seized” (w.e.f. 30-12-1967). 
2. Subs. by Act 92 of 1976, s. 4, for “if satisfied” (w.e.f. 2-9-1976).  
3. Subs. by Act 30 of 1974, s. 4, for “may order confiscation of the essential commodity so seized” (w.e.f. 22-6-1974).  
4. Ins. by Act 92 of 1976, s. 4. 

5. Section 6B renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 30 of 1974, s. 5 (w.e.f. 22-6-1974).  
6. Subs. by Act 36 of 1967, s. 5, for “any foodgrain, edible oilseeds or edible oils” (w.e.f. 30-12-1967).  

7. Subs. by Act 30 of 1974, s. 5, for “essential commodity” (w.e.f. 22-6-1974).  

8. Subs. by Act 36 of 1967, s. 5, for “they are seized” (w.e.f. 30-12-1967). 



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(b) is given an opportunity of making a presentation in wiring within such reasonable time as 

may be specified in the notice against the ground of confiscation; and 

(c) is given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter. 

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[(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), no order confiscating any animal, 

vehicle, vessel or other conveyance shall be made under section 6A if the owner of the animal, vehicle 

vessel or other conveyance proves to the satisfaction of the Collector that it was used in carrying the 

essential commodity without the knowledge or connivance of the owner himself, his agent, if any, and 

the person in charge of the animal, vehicle, vessel or other conveyance and that each of them had 

taken all reasonable and necessary precautions against such use.] 

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[(3) No order confiscating any essential commodity package, covering, receptacle, animal, 

vehicle, vessel or other conveyance shall be invalid merely by reason of any defect or irregularity in 

the notice, given under clause (a) of sub-section (1), if, in giving such notice, the provisions of that 

clause have been substantially complied with.]