Section 8 of The Uttar Pradesh Sheera Niyantran Ashiniyam 1964 — State and supply of molasses

(1) The Controller may, with the prior approval of the State Government, by order require the occupier of any sugar factory or a khandsari sugar manufacturing unit to sell or supply in the prescribed manner such quantity of molasses to such person, as may be specified in the order, and the occupier shall, notwithstanding any contract, comply with the order. (1-a) [ * * * * ] (2) The order under sub-section (1) — (a) shall require supply to be made only to a person who requires it for his distillery or for any purpose of industrial development or for export to any other country. (aa) may require to person referred to in clause (a) to utilize the molasses supplied to him under an order made under this section for the purpose specified in the application made by him under sub-section (1) of section 7-A and to observe all such restrictions and conditions as may be prescribed. (b) may be for the entire quantity of molasses in stock or to be produced during the year or for any portion thereof, but the proportion of molasses to be supplied from each sugar factory or a khandsari sugar manufacturing unit to its estimated total produce of molasses during the year shall be same throughout the State save where, in the opinion of the Controller, a variation is necessitated by any of the following factors ;(i) the requirements of distilleries within the area in which molasses may be transported from the sugar factory or a khandsari sugar manufacturing unit at a reasonable cost ;(ii) the requirement for other purposes of industrial development within such area ; and(iii) the availability of transport facilities in the area. (3) The Controller may make such modification in the order under sub-section (1) as may be necessary to correct any error or omission or to meet a subsequent change in any of the factors mentioned in clause (b) of sub-section (2). (4) The State Government may, from time to time, in such manner as may be prescribed and at such rates as may be determined by the Stae Government by notification in the Gazette, impose regulatory fee on the sale or supply of any type of molasses from any sugar factor or khandsari sugar manufacturing unit either to its own unit or to any other unit such as distillery or any molasses based industry, in order to regulate the storage, preservation, distribution, supply, sale, transport, tracking and surveillance of such molasses, and such regulatory fee shall be recovered from the Occupier of the sugar factory or khandsari sugar manufacturing unit. Explanation—For the purpose of this Act, all sugar factories as well as khandsari sugar manufacturing units, irrespective of captive consumption of malasses of captive units, shall be equally subjected in regulation.