 the essential commodities (second amendment) bill, 19)7(as introduced in lok sabha)  ment) bill, 1957 (as introduced in lok sabha) a billfurther to amend the essential commodities act, 1955 be it enacted by parliament in the eighth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the essential commodities (second short tide amendment) act, 1957 100(19ss· 5 2 in sub-section (2) of section 3 of the essential commodities amendment act, 1955, for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted and of section 3 shall be deemed always to have been substituted, namely:-"(f) for requiring any person holding in stock any essential commodity to sell the whole or a specified part of the stock to 10 the central government or a state government or to an officer or agent of such government or to such other person or class of persons and in such circumstances as may be specified in the order;"  statement of objects and reasonsunder section 3 (1) of the essential commodities act, 1955, orders can be made to regulate the production, supply and distribution of any essential commodity and trade and commerce therein as an illustration of this power, clause (f) of sub-section (2) states that an order may be made requiring any person holding in stock any essential commodity to sell the whole or a specified part of the stock to wch person or class of persons and in such circumstances as may be specified in the order orders have been made by government from time to time requiring sales of essential commodities to itself or to any officer or agent of the government doubts have now been raised as to whether the expression "person or class of penons" includes the government or any officer or agent of the government the proposed amendment seeks to remove such doubts ex abunda1tti cautela a k sen new delhi; 'the 9th september, 19s'1,  annexure extract from the essential commodities act, 1955- (10 of 1955) - - - - - - 3 (1) if the central government is of opinion that it is necessary powers to ped t t d f  t     i· f control or ex len so 0 0 or mam ammg or mcreasing supp les 0 any productiou, essential commodity or for securing their equitable distribution and s~~pl~ disavailability at fair prices, it may, by order, provide for regulatin~ or :~~f~~­prohibiting the production, supply and distribution thereof and trade entia!   commo(band commerce therein ties (2) without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), an order made thereunder may provide-- - - - - - - (f) for requiring any person holding in stock any essential commodity to sell the whole or a specified part of the stock to such person or class of persons and in such circumstances as may be specified in the order; - - - - - - -  abill funher to amend the essential commodities act, j 955 (shri asoke k sen, minister j{)f' law) gipd-iii shift-30 m of law~-9-57-1,650 