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THE KERALA RAW CASHEWNUTS (PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION) ACT, 1981 (Act 14 of 1981) CONTENTS 1. Short title, extent and commencement 2. Definitions   3. Restriction on sale and purchase of raw cashewnuts 4. Restriction on possession of raw cashewnuts 5. Price to be paid by agent and sub-agents 6. Agent to furnish returns 7. Power of Government to issue instructions to agent and sub-agents 8. Removal of agent 9. Appointment of Co-operative Societies as sub-agents 10. Prohibition of processing or conversion and restriction on sale etc 11. Sale of raw cashewnuts to cashew factories 12. Duty of occupier to take delivery of raw cashewnuts 13. Price to be paid by occupiers 14. Processing of raw cashewnuts to be done in the concerned factory 15. Restriction on transport of raw cashewnuts 16. Application form and form of permit 17. Power to refuse permit 18. Cancellation of permit 19. Powers of entry, seizure, etc 20. Confiscation of raw cashewnuts 21. Issue of show-cause notice before confiscation 22. Appeal 23. Award of confiscation not to interfere with other punishment 24. Bar of jurisdiction in certain cases 25. Penalties 26. Attempts and abetment 27. False statement 28. Offences by companies 29. Offences to be cognizable 30. Cognizance of offences 31. Grant of injunction, etc., by civil courts 32. Protection of action taken under Act. 33. Exemption 34. Power to make rules 35. Repeal and saving Rules Amendment