Power to control possession of essential article
5. (1) The Government may, by notification, direct that no family, wholesaler or retailer shall keep in its or his possession or under its or his control any essential article in excess of the quantity specified in such notification.
Explanation.- For the purpose of this section, the possession or control of any one member of a family shall be deemed to be the possession or control of every adult member of that family.
(2) If, on the date of issue of a notification under sub-section (1) in respect of any essential article, any family, wholesaler or retailer has in its or his possession any quantity of such essential article in excess of the quantity specified in such notification, the head of the family, wholesaler or retailer concerned shall forthwith report the fact to the Government or to such officer as may be empowered in this behalf by the Government and shall take such action as to storage, distribution or disposal of the excess quantity as the Government or such officer may direct.
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