Agricultural and Fishery Products (Regulation of Export) Act, 1947

Transfer of powers of Minister to Minister for Industry and Commerce.

5.—(1) The Government may, from time to time, by order transfer to and vest in the Minister for Industry and Commerce all the powers conferred by this Act on the Minister, so far as such powers relate to or are concerned with one or more particular agricultural product or fishery product specified in such order.

(2) Whenever the powers of the Minister under this Act in relation to any particular agricultural product or fishery product are for the time being vested in the Minister for Industry and Commerce by virtue of an order under subsection (1) of this section, the Government may by order retransfer to and revest in the Minister the said powers, so far as the same relate to or are concerned with the said particular agricultural product or fishery product.

(3) The Government may at any time by order amend any order previously made under this section including this subsection.

(4) Whenever and so long as the powers, conferred on the Minister by this Act, are, so far as they relate to or are concerned with a particular agricultural product or fishery product, vested in the Minister for Industry and Commerce by virtue of an order made under this section, then the references in sections 2 , 3 and 4 of this Act to the Minister for Agriculture shall in relation to the said particular agricultural product or fishery product, be construed as references to the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

(5) No transfer or retransfer under this section of powers shall prejudice or affect the validity, operation or duration of any order made or thing done in exercise of such powers before such transfer or retransfer (as the case may be) by the Minister in whom such powers were for the time being vested, and references in any such order to the Minister by whom such order was made shall be construed and have effect as references to the Minister in whom such powers are for the time being vested.