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ACT X OF 2004 ACT X OF 2004 BALOCHISTAN COTTON CONTROL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2004 An Act further to amend the Balochistan Cotton Control Ordinance, 1966 (West Pakistan Ordinance (XX of 1966) [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 30h August, 2004] No.PAB/Legis: V(18)/2004, dated 30-8-2004.-----The Balochistan Cotton Control (Amendment) Bill, 2004 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 24th August, 2004 and assented to by the Governor of Balochistan, is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly: 9. Addition of section 11-A of W.P. Ordinance XX of 1966.--In the said Ordinance, after section 11, the following new section shall be added namely: "11-A. Submission of monthly returns by cotton ginning and cotton pressing factories.--(1) The occupier of every cotton ginning factory and cotton pressing factory shall furnish to the prescribed authority, within such time and in such form as may be prescribed, monthly return showing quantity of cotton required in the factory:-‑ (a) During the preceding month; and (b) since the commencement of the cotton year to the end of that month. (2) If default is made in furnishing any return as required by subsection (1), the occupier of the factory shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend three months but not less than one month and with fine not less than fifteen thousand rupees. (3) Where the occupier of the factory has notified to the prescribed authority that the work of ginning cotton or pressing cotton bales in that factory has been suspended it shall not be necessary for him to submit months returns under subsection (1) until the work is resumed."