THE ^[1][KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA]

(SUPPLY OF WHEAT TO FLOUR MILLS) ACT, 1999.

(^[2][KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA] ACT NO. XIV OF 1999)

CONTENTS

PREAMBLE

SECTIONS

1.         Short title, extent and commencement.

2.         Definitions.

3.         Supply of wheat to flour mills.

4.         Power to make rules.

5.         Repeal.

THE ^[3][KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA]

(SUPPLY OF WHEAT TO FLOUR MILLS) ACT, 1999.

(^[4][KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA] ACT NO. XIV OF 1999)

[First published after having received the assent of the Governor of the ^[5][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] in the Gazette of the ^[6][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] (Extraordinary), dated the 13^th October, 1999.]

AN

ACT

to control the supply of wheat to flour mills in the ^[7][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa].

WHEREAS production of wheat in the [8][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] is not sufficient, the allocation of wheat quota by the Federal Government is limited, the number of flour mills is multiplying, making it impossible to supply wheat to them to run as economically viable concerns, to maintain regular minimum supply of wheat to sustain the flour mills presently functioning and to make available wheat flour to general public at reasonable price;

AND WHEREAS, in the circumstances, it is expedient to limit, in the public interest, the mushroom growth of flour mills in the [9][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa];

It is hereby enacted as follows:-

1.         Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the [10][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] (Supply of Wheat to Flour Mills) Act, 1999.

(2)                                 It shall extend to whole of the ^[11][Province of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa].

(3)               It shall come into force at once.

2.         Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a)                "appointed day" means the day on which this Act comes into force;

(b)                                 "Department" means the Department of Food of the Government of the [12][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa];

(c)                "existing mill" means a flour mill in production before the appointed day; and

(d)               "Government"   means   the   Government   of the   [13][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa].

3.                  Supply of wheat to flour mills.—  (1) Notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of a court or any procedure or practice in vogue, no flour mill, other than an existing mill, shall be entitled to be supplied wheat save as determined by the Government.

4.                  Power to make rules.—Government may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.

5.         Repeal.—The North-West Frontier Province (Supply of Wheat to Flour Mills) Ordinance, 1999 (N.-W.F.P. Ordinance No. IX of 1999) is hereby repealed.