REGISTERED NO. D(DN)127/88 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1992/MAGHA 5, 1913 Separate paging is given to this part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 25th January, 1992/Magha 5, 1913 (Saka) THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS AND PESTS (AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION) ORDINANCE, 1992 No. 4 OF 1992 Promulgated by the President in the Forty-second Year of the Republic of India. An Ordinance further to amend the Destructive Insects And Pests Act, 1914. WHEREAS Parliament is not in session and the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take im- mediate action; Now, THEREFORE,i n exercise of the powers conferred, by clause (1) of article 123 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance: — 1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Destructive Insects And Short Pests (Amendment And Validation) Ordinance, 1992. title and commen- cement. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 27th day of October, 1989. Act 2 of 2. In section 3 of the Destructive Insects And Pests Act, 1914 (here- Amend- 1914. inafter referred to as the principal Act), after sub-section (2), the follow- ment of section 3, ing sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— "(3) The Central Government may, by notification under this section, also levy and collect such fees at such rates and in such manner as may be specified therein for making an application for a permit to import, or for making inspection, fumigation, disinfec- (1) 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAKE II—BBG. 1] tion, disinfestation cr supervision of, any article or class of articles or any insect or class of Insects under this section.". 3. (1) Notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of any court, Valida tribunal or other authority,— tion. (i) the notification No. S.O. 867 (E) dated 27th October, 1989 issued under sub-section (2) of section 3 of the principal Act, and (ii) any fees levied or collected or purported to have been levied or collected for making an application for a permit to import, or for making inspection, fumigation, disinfection, disinfestation or super- vision of, any article or class of articles or any insect or class of insects under the principal Act or the said notification,— shall, for all purposes, be deejmed to be and to have always been validly issued or, as the case may be, levied or collected in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the principal Act as amended by this Ordinance, and accordingly— (a) no suit or other proceeding shall be maintained or continued in any court for the refund of any fees so collected; (b) no court or other authority shall enforce any decree or order directing the refund of any fees so colle|cted; (c) any fees levied or purported to have been levied. b*ut not collected, may be recovered unctar the principal Act as amended by this Ordinance; and (<J) anything done or any action talten, or purported to have been done or taken under or for the purpose^ of the principal Act shall be deemed to have been validly done or taken in accordance1 with law as if the provisions of section 3 of the principal Act as amended by this Ordinance had been in force) at all material times. (2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed as preventing any person— ('a) from questioning in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act, as amended by this Ordinance, or the notification issued under section 3 of the principal Act, the levy or collection of such fees; or (b) from claiming refund of any fee paid by him in excess of s the amount due from him under the principal Act, as amended by this Ordinance, or the said notification. R. VENKATARAMAN. President. V. S. RAMA DEVI, Secy, to the Govt, of India. PRINTED BY THB MANAGER -GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DBIHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1992.