Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 83 : Accounts and audit of Food Authority : (1) The Food Authority shall maintain proper accounts and relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 82 : Finances of the Food Authority : (1) The Central Government may, after due appropriation, make to the Food Authority grants of such sums of money as the Central Government may think fit. (2) The Food Authority…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Chapter XI : Finance, Accounts, Audit And Reports : Section 81 : Budget of Food Authority : (1) The Food Authority shall prepare, in such form and at such time in each financial year as may be prescribed by…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 80 : Defences which may or may not be allowed in prosecution under this Act : (A) Defence relating to publication of advertisements-- (1) In any proceeding for an offence under this Act in relation to the publication…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 79 : Magistrate’s power to impose enhanced punishment : Notwithstanding anything contained in section 29 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), it shall be lawful for the court of ordinary jurisdiction to pass any…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 78 : Power of court to implead manufacturer, etc : Where at any time during the trial of any offence under this Act alleged to have been committed by any person, not being the importer, manufacturer, distributor or…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 77 : Time limit for prosecutions : Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no court shall take cognizance of an offence under this Act after the expiry of the period of one year from the date of commission…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 76 : Appeal : (1) Any person aggrieved by a decision or order of a Special Court may, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed by the Central Government and after depositing the amount, if any,…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 75 : Power to transfer cases to regular courts : Where, after taking cognizance of any offence, a Special Court is of the opinion that the offence is not triable by it, it shall, notwithstanding that it has…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 74 : Special courts and Public Prosecutor : (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the Central Government or the State Government in their respective jurisdictions may,…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 73 : Power of court to try cases summarily : Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), all offences not triable by a Special Court, shall be tried in a summary way…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 72 : Civil court not to have jurisdiction : No civil court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or proceeding in respect of any matter which an Adjudicating Officer or the Tribunal is empowered by or under…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 71 : Procedure and powers of the Tribunal : (1) The Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) but shall be guided by the principles…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 70 : Establishment of Food Safety Appellate Tribunal : The Central Government or as the case may be, the State Government may, by notification, establish one or more tribunals to be known as the Food Safety Appellate Tribunal…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 69 : Power to compound offences : The Commissioner of Food Safety may, by order, empower the Designated Officer, to accept from petty manufacturers who himself manufacture and sell any article of food, retailers, hawkers, itinerant vendors, temporary…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Chapter X : Adjudication And Food Safety Appellate Tribunal : Section 68 : Adjudication : For the purposes of adjudication under this Chapter, an officer not below the rank of Additional District Magistrate of the district where the alleged…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 67 : Penalty for contravention of provisions of this Act in case of import of articles of food to be in addition to penalties provided under any other Act : Any person who imports any article of food…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 66 : Offences by companies : (1) Where an offence under this Act which has been committed by a company, every person who at the time the offence was committed was in charge of, and was responsible to,…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 65 : Compensation in case of injury or death of consumer : (1) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Chapter, if any person whether by himself or by any other person on his behalf, manufactures or…
Food Safety And Standards Act 2006 Section 64 : Punishment for subsequent offences : If any person, after having been previously convicted of an offence punishable under this Act subsequently commits and is convicted of the same offence, he shall be liable to-- (i) twice…