Company : Sol Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Website : www.courtkutchehry.com SANN HEMP (GRADING and MARKING) RULES, 1942 CONTENTS 1. Short title and application 2. Grade designations 3. Definition of quality 4. Grade designation mark 5. Method of marking 6. Method of packing 7. 7 SCHEDULE 1 :- SCHEDULE I SCHEDULE 2 :- SCHEDULE II SCHEDULE 3 :- SCHEDULE III SCHEDULE 4 :- SCHEDULE IV SCHEDULE 5 :- SCHEDULE V SCHEDULE 6 :- SCHEDULE VI SCHEDULE 7 :- SCHEDULE VII SCHEDULE 8 :- SCHEDULE VIII SCHEDULE 9 :- SCEHEULE IX SCHEDULE 10 :- SEHEDULE X SANN HEMP (GRADING and MARKING) RULES, 1942 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 (I of 1937), the Central Government is pleased to make the following rules, the same having been previously published as required by the said section, namely :- 1. Short title and application :- (1) These rules may be called Sann Hemp (Grading and Marking) Rules, 1942. (2) They shall apply to Sann Hemp (Crotalaria Juncea) of specified grade descriptions grown in India as set out in the annexed Schedules. 2. Grade designations :- Grade designations to indicate the characteristics and quality of Sann Hemp of specified trade descriptions are set out in column I of the relevant Schedules. 3. Definition of quality :- The definition of quality indicated by the. grade designations is specified in. columns 2 to 4 (or 5 as the case may be) of the relevant Schedules. 4. Grade designation mark :- The grade designation mark to be applied to each bale shall consist of a label bearing the design set out in Schedule I specifying the grade designation. 5. Method of marking :- The mark shall only be applied to Sann Hemp in full pressed bales. The grade designation mark label shall be securely attached to each bale in a manner approved by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser. In addition to the grade designation mark the following particulars shall be clearly marked on the label :- (a) Serial number. (b) Trade description. (c) Year of harvest. (d) Date of pressing: Provided that an authorised packer may stamp a private trade mark on the grade designation mark label before the grade designation mark or separately insert the same on the bale, if such trade mark represents the same description, quality and grade of Sann Hemp as that indicated by the Agmark label, and is duly certified by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to that effect. NOTE.- For example the trade mark applied to the bales packed under Agmark Grade I shall not contain any word like "Fine" or "Super Fine" or those of Benares .3 anything like Kesho 2 or Gopalpore 3. 6. Method of packing :- Sann Hemp shall be packed in bales of custom weight of 1 [180 kilograms ] in an approved manner. 1. Subs. by S.O. 1105, dated 5th April, 1962, for figures and words "400 lbs." 7. 7 :- In addition to the conditions specified in rule 4 of the General (Grading i Marking) Rules, 1937, the conditions set out in Schedule X shall be the conditions every Certificate of Authorisation issued for the purposes of these Rules. SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE I \ \ \(See rule 4) Grade designation mark for bales of Sann Hemp SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE II ^ Grade designation and definition of qualify ofSann Hemp kiwwn commercially as Benares Sam Hemp _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \ \ \ \Special characteristics _____________________________________ Grade desig- \Maximurn Colour of General characteristics natio refraction* per bale of 180 kg. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 2 3 4 I _________________________________________________________________________________________.______________ Benares Fine . 9.00 White (a) The fibre shall be clean and reasonably dry. Benares 1 . 18.00 Pale-cream (b) The strands shall be of reason strength. Benares 2 . 22.50 Greyish (c) Benares Fine and Benares I shall be reasonably White free from banwar and the weight of banwar grades shall be included under refraction, Benares 3 . 36.00 Gyeyishor light brown _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ sticks, tangled ,mass of very short and wtak pieces of strands, dust, etc. For accident errors in grading a tolerance of 1.125 Kg. per bale w the case of Benares Fine only. No tolerance will be permissible in respect of Benares 1,2 and 3. ^ SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE III Grade designations and definition of quality of Sann Hemp known commerciallylas Bengal Sann Hemp _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ characteristics __________________________ General characteristics Grade Maximum Colour of Average designation \ limit of \ fibre \ le (Minimum) \ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 \ \ \ \ 2 \ \3 \ \ 4 \ \ \ \ \ \ 5 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bengal 1 3.60 \Creamy White \91.44 \ (a) The fibre shall be clean and reasonably dry and of fine and soft texture. Bengal 2 \ 4.50 \Cream reasonably uniform strength and length. Bengal 3 \ 6.30 \Creamy to Greyish White \ \ (c) The fibre shall be reasonably free from tangling _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * Includes sticks, tangled mass of very short and weak pieces of strands, dust, dirt, etc. For accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 1.1 errors in grading a tolerance of 2 per cent. will be permissible. SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE IV Grade designations and definitions of quality of Sann Hemp known commercially as Chapra (Imitation Bengal) Sann Hemp _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ characteristics __________________________________ Grade designations Maximum limits of \Colour of fibre \ General characteristics _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \3 \ \ \ \ \ \4 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Chapra 1 \ Kg. 3.60 \ White \ (a) The fibre shall be clean and reasonably dry. Chapra 2 \ 5.40 \ Creamy White \ (b) The strands shall be o tangling. Chapra 3 \ 7.20 \ Greyish White \ (c) The fibre shall be free from the creeper locally known as banwar. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * Includes slicks, tangled mass of very short and weak pieces of strands, dust, dirt, etc. For accidental errors in grading tolerance of 1.12 SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE V Grade designations and definition of quality of Sam Hemp known commercially as Gopalpore Sann Hemp _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Special characteristics ____________________________ Grade designations \Maximum Colour of fibre \ Average length" General charact (Minimum) per bale of 180 kg. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \ \3 \ \ \4 \ \ \ \ \5 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Gopalpore white 5.40 Yellowish white 91.44 (a) The fibre shall be clean and reasonably dry. Gopalpore brown 7.20 Greyish light 91.44 (b uniform strength and to brown length and free from tangling. Gopalpore dark 9.00 Grey 91.44 Gopalpore shorts 15.75 Yellowish white to _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Includes sticks, tangled mass of very short and weak pieces of strands, dust, dirt etc, For accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 1.12 accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 2 /2 per cent. will be permissible. SCHEDULE 6 SCHEDULE VI \A. Grade designations and definitions of quality of Sann Hemp known commercially as Ganjam of Green Sann Hemp (Undressed) \ \ \ \( _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ characteristics _______________________________ Grade desig- \ Maximum \ Colour of \Average \General characteristics nations \ lim of hanks \ \ per bale of \ \ (Minimum) \ \ 180 kg. \ \ \ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \ 3 \ 4 \ 5 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Kg. \ \ Cm. \ Itarsi Extra Fine. 3.60 \ Creamy to \ 101.60 \(a) The fibre shall be of a soft texture and have a shining \ \ pale greenish \ \ Creamy light \ 91.44 \(b) The strands shall be of reasonably uniform length and \ \ greenish to \ \ strength and free from tangling except "shorts" where uniformity in length and freedom from \ \ \ \ tangling shall not be necessary _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ + \7.20 \Greenish grey \76.20 \ \ \to very light brown \ \ Jubbulpore Fine++ \9.00 \Greenish grey to \91.44 \ \ \light brown \ \ Jubbulpo \76.20 \ \ \grey \ \ Shorts \11.25 \Creamy to grey \ \ * Includes sticks, dust, etc. For accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 1.125 Kg accidental errors in grading, a tolerance of 2 /2 per cent. will be permissible. Seoni Fine may include ltarsi Fibre of 60.96 Cm. and above. of 60.96 Cm. and above. (ii) Kantabanji-Raigarh Quality _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ characteristics ____________________________________ Grade desig- \Maximum \Colour of \Average \ \General characteristics nation refraction* \ \ of hanks \ \ \ per bale of \ \ (Minimum) \ \ \ 180 kg. \ \ \ \ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \ 5 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \ Itarsi Extra Fine \ 5.40 \ Creamy to pale 101.60 \ \(a) The fibre shall be of a soft texture and have shining Itarsi Fine \ 7.20 \ greenish C clean and reasonably dry. \ \ light greenish 91.44 \ (b) The strands shall be of reasonably uniform length and \ \ to slightly grey. \ \ \ str the case of \ \ \ \ \ "shorts" where uniformity in length and freedom from \ \ \ \ \ tangling shall not be necessary. Seoni Fine + \9.00 \ G \ \ \ \ \ brown. \ \ \ Jubblilpore Fine+ 9.90 \ Greenish grey \ 91.44 \ \ \ \ to light brown. \ \ \ Jubbulpore No. 1 \11.25 \ Geenish brown 13.50 \ Creamy to grey. \ \ \ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Includes sticks, dirt. etc. For accidental errors in grading tolerance of 1.125 Kg. per bale will be permissible. For accidental errors in grad permissib'e. Seoni Fine may include Itarsi Fibre of 60.96 Cm. and above. Jubblilpore Fine may include Seoni Fibre of 60.96 Cm. and abov ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ \ Special c _____________________________ length" \ \ \ \ \ \ Grade designations \Maximum \Colour of fibre \of hanks \ \General characteristics bale \ \ \ \ \ of 180 Kg. \ \ \ \ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2 \ 3 \ 4 \ \ 5 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Itarsi Extra \ 5.40 \ Creamy to pale \ 101.60 \ (a) \The fibre shall be clean and reasonably dry. Fine \ \ greenish. \ \ \ Itarsi Fine \ 7.65 \ strands shall be of reasonably uniform length \ \ nish to slightly grey \ \ \and strength and free from tangling except in the \ \ \ \ \ case o and free- \ \ \ \ \ dom from tangling shall not be necessary. Seoni Fine + \ 9.90 \ Greenish grey to very76.20 \ \ \ \ light brown. \ \ \ Jub to light91.44 \ \ \ \ brown. \ \ \ Jubbulpore No. 1 \ 12.15 \ Greenish brown to \ 76.20 \ \ \ \ grey. \ \ \ Shorts \ 13.50 \ Creamy to grey. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ dust, dirt, etc. For accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 1.125 Kg. per bale will be permissible. ** For accidental errors in grading a permissible. + Seoni Fine may include Itarsi Fibre of 60.96 Cm. and above. + + Jubbulpore Fine may include Seoni Fibre of 60.96 Cm. an __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Special characte ___________________________ length** \ Maximum \Colour of fibre \ of hanks \ \ Grade designations limit of refrac- \ \ (Minimum) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ of 180 Kg. \ \ \ \ __________________________________________________________________________________________ \ \ 5 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4.50 \ Creamy to pale \ 101.60 \ (a) The fibre shall be clean and reasonably dry. Fine \ \ greenish \ \ \ Itarsi Fine \ 6.75 \ Cremy light gre reasonably uniform lenght \ \ nish to slightly \ \ \ and free from tangling, except in the case of "Shorts" \ \ grey \ \ \ where uniformity in ing shall not be necessary. Seoni Fine + \ 9.00 \ Greenish grey to very \ 76.20 \ \ \ \ light brown \ \ \ Jubbulpore Fine \ 9.90 \ Greenish Jubbulpore No. 1 \ 11.25 \ Greenish brown to \ 76.20 \ \ \ \ grey. \ \ \ Shorts \ 13.50 \ Creamy to grey. \ \ \ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ to be marked as Calcutta quality shall contain at least 50 per cent. of C.P. and/or Kantabanji Raighar qualities. * Includes sticks, dusts dir tolerance of 1.125 Kg. per bale will be permissible, ** For accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 2 /2 per cent. will be permissible. + 60.96 Cm. and above. + + Jubbulpore Fine may include Seoni Fibre of 60.96 Cm. and above. \ \ \ (v) Dohad Quality _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ characteristics \ Average \ \ ___________________________ \ length** \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Maximum \ Colour of fibre \ of hanks \ \ Grade des \ \ General characteristics \ tion* per bale \ \ \ \ \ of 180 Kg. \ \ \ \ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 \ 4 \ \ 5 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ \ Kg. \ \ Cm. \ \ Itarsi Extra \ 3.60 \Creamy to pale \ 101.60 \ (a) \The fibre shall be clean and reasonably dry. Fine \ \ greenish. \ \ \ Ita 91.44 \ (b) \The strands shall be of reasonably uniform \ \ nish to slightly \ \ \ length free from tangling and reasonably free from \ \ gre "Shorts" where uni- \ \ \ \ \ formity in length and freedom from tangling shall \ \ \ \ \ not be necessary. Seoni Fine + \ 7.20 Greenish gre \ Jubbulpore Fine + + 9.00 \Greenish grey to light \ 91.44 \ \ \ \ brown. \ \ \ Jubbulpore No. 1 \ 9.00 \Greenish brown to \ 76.20 \ \ \ \ grey. \ \ \ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Includes sticks, dust, dirt. etc. For accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 1.125 Kg. per bale will be permissible. For accidental errors will be permissible. + Seoni Fine may include Itarsi Fibre of 60.96 Cm. and above. + + Jubbulpore Fine may include Seoni Fibre of 60.96 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Special characteristics Average _____________________________ length" Maximum Colour of fibre of hanks Grade designations limits o characteristics tion* per bale of 180 Kg. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 2 3 4 5 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Kg. Cm. Pilibhit Extra Fine . 7.65 Light yellow 101.60 (a) The fibre shall be clean and reasonably dry. Pilibhit Fine . 9.90 Light yellow to 9 reasonably uniform length greyish white, and strength and free from tangling. Pilibhit No. I . 12.15 Grey to brownish 66.04 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Includes sticks, dust, dirt, etc. For accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 2.250 Kg. per bale will be permissible. ""For accidental error cent. will be permissible. \B. Grade designations and definition of quality ofSann Hemp known commercially as Ganjam or Green Sann He _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \ \special characteristics Average ________________________ length" Maximum Colour of fibre of hanks Grade designations limits of ref tion* per bale of 180 Kg. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 3 4 5 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Kg. Cm. Red Dressed 2.70 Pale yellow 101.60 (a) The fibre shall be clean and reasonably dry. Green Dressed 3.60 Pale greenish 101.60 ( uniform Ulack Dressed \ 4.50 \ Green or brown \ 91.44 \ \ length and strength. Cross Black Dressed \ 4.50 \ Dark Grey \ 76.20 \ (c) The from \ \ \ \ \ strappy root ends and tangling. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * Includes sticks, dust, dirt, etc. For accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 1.125 Kg. per bale will be permissible. "For accidental erro cent. will be permissible. (ii) Bombay dressed _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Average _________________________ length \ Maximum Colour of fibre \ of hanks \ \ Grade Designations limit of refrac (Minimum) Gen kg. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ light green 91.44 (a) The fibre shall be clean and reasonably dry. Green Dressed 3.60 Light green to 76.20 (b) The strands shall be of rea strength Black Dressed 4.50 Darkish grey 76.20 (c) The fibre shall be evenly dressed and free from strappy root ends and tangling. Cross _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ be permissible. "For accidental \tangled mass of very short and weak pieces of strands, dust, dirt, etc. For accidental errors in grading a t permissible. \errors in grading a tolerance of 1.125 Kg. per bale will SCHEDULE 7 SCHEDULE VII Grade designations and definition of quality of Sann Hemp known commercially as Dewghuddy Sann Hemp \ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ length** Maximum Colour of fibre of hanks Grade designations limit of refrac- (Minimum) General characte _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fine 1.80 Bright creamy yellow 101.60 (a) The fibre shall be clean and reasonably dry. Dewghuddy Fine 3.60 Creamy yellow 91.44 (b) Th uniform length and strength and free from tangling except in the case of "Shorts" where uniformity in length and freedom from tangling s 1 5.40 Dull creamy yellow 76.20 Dewghuddy 2 6.75 Ditto 60.96 Dewghuddy Shorts 9.00 Bright creamy yellow to dull creamy yellow _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * Includes sticks, tangled mass of very short and weak pieces of strands, dust, dirt, etc. For accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 1.1 permissible. **For accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 2 per cent. will be permissible. fS SCHEDULE 8 SCHEDULE VIII Grade designations and definition of quality of Sann Hemp commercially known as tow (Derived from Ganjam or Green Sann Hemp) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ characteristics ________________________ Grade designations Maximum Colour of fibre General characteristics \ \ limit of \ \ \ refractio _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 \ 3 4 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (i) C.P. Kanlabanji-Raigarh and Calcutta Qualities \ \ Kg. \ Red Tow \ 9.00 \ Pale yellow The fibre shall be reasonably dry. Green Tow \ 11 Black Tow \ 13.50 \ Greenish brown to grey. \ \ (ii) U.P. Quality \ Red Tow \ 11.25. Pale yellow The fibre' shall be reasonably dry. Green brown Black Tow \ 15.75 \ Greenish brown to grey \ \ (iii) Bombay Quality \ Red Tow \ 9.00 \ Creamy to light green The fibre shall be re Light green to light grey Black Tow \ 13.50 \ Greenish grey to grey. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \ Includes stick, dust. din. etc. for accidental errors in grading a tolerance of 2.250 Kg. per bale will be permissible. SCHEDULE 9 SCEHEULE IX Types of sann hemp which are not covered by the foregoing schedules, i.e. fro. No. II to No. VIII shall be marked as "X" provided each such type satisfies conditions which may be laid down by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to Government of India regarding its quality including its refraction contents. SCHEDULE 10 SEHEDULE X Special conditions of Certificate of Authorisation (See rule 7) 1. Supervision over the grading and marking of Sann Hemp shall be exercised 1 Inspecting Officers appointed by the Central Government or the Agricultur Marketing to the Government of India as the case may be. 2. Sann Hemp shall be graded and marked only at such baling presses as c. provide proper space and facilities for cleaning grading and marking and a approved of as such by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government India. 3. The authorised packers shall provide all reasonable facilites to the Inspecti Officer for carrying on their work of supervision and analysis, such facilities inclu the provision of a room for analysing samples. 4. Every holder of a certificate of Authorization shall, before removing permitting any other buyer to remove any consignment of graded and marked bales sann hemp from the grading premises, ensure that Inspecting Officers have had d notice opportunity and facilities for carrying out check sampling and analysis accordance with special instructions that may be issued by the Agricultural Marketi Adviser to the Government of India from time to time, provided that no Inspecti Officer shall, excppt for special reasons, delay the removal of such consignment more than seven days.