8. The Controller-General ¹[or, as the case may be, the Chairman] may, from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, fix the maximum prices up to which any variety of tea may be sold by (a) a blender, (b) an importer, (c) a wholesaler, (d) a retailer, or (e) any other person or class of persons, and no person shall sell or resell tea at prices higher than the prices so fixed. Explanation.- It shall not be a contravention of this section to sell or resell tea at prices lower than the prices fixed under this section.