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The Essential Commodities Act, 1957

( ACT NO. III OF 1957 )

Definitions
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
 
 
 
 
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(a) “essential commodity” means any of the classes of commodities mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, and such other classes of commodities as may be declared by the 2[Government] by notification in the official Gazette to be essential commodities for the purposes of this Act;
 
 
 
 
(b) “notified order” means an order notified in the official Gazette.

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