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ACT VI OF 2014 ACT VI OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN FOOD AUTHORITY ACT, 2014 An Act to provide for the safety and standards of food and for establishment of Balochistan Food Authority. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 7th February, 2014] CHAPTER V JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE 39. Jurisdiction of the Food Authority.---(1) On information received from a Food Safety Officer or any other person, the Food Authority may, for reasons to be recorded in writing-- (a) order prosecution of a person under this Act; (b) suspend or cancel the license of the food operator; (c) impose on the food operator fine which may extend to five hundred thousand rupees; or (d) decide, if the circumstances so warrant, not to take any action on the information. (2) If the Food Authority cancels the license or imposes fine on a food operator, the food operator may, within fifteen days of the communication of the order, prefer an appeal against such order to such Appellate Authority as the Government may specify by notification in the official Gazette. (3) The Food Authority or the Appellate Authority shall not pass any order relating to suspension or cancellation of the license or imposition of fine without providing an opportunity of hearing to the food operator. (4) An order of suspension of a license under this section shall not be passed for a period exceeding seven days at a time and, unless sooner withdrawn or the license is cancelled, shall cease to have effect on the expiry of the thirtieth day from the date of first such order.