 the dhoties (additional excise duty) amendment bill, i9s7(as introduced in lok sabha)  the dhoties (additional excise duty) amendment bill, 1957 (as introduced in lok sabra) a billto amend the dhoties (additional excise duty) act, 1953 be it enacted by parliament in the eighth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the dhoties (additional excise duty) short title amendment act, 1957 s 39 of 19s3 2 in section 1 of the dhoties (additional excise duty) act, 1953 amendment (hereinafter referred to as 'the principal act), in sub-section oflectlod j (2), the words "except the state of jammu and kasbmir'l idlall· be omitted 3 in section 2 of the principal act, after clause (a), the follow- amendment ing clause shall be inserted, namely: -of section l 10 "(aa) 'group of mills' means two or more mills under common ownership or management;" 4 in section 3 of the principal act, after sub-section (2), the amendment following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely: _ ofsc:ction 3· "(3) the permissible quota of dhoties which may be issued 15  j ,~ out of any group of mills as a whole during any quarter in any case 'where an application is made in that behalf by that group, shall be such as the textile commissioner to the government of india may fix, but such permissible quota shall in no case exceed the total of the permissible quotas under sup-section (1) or, as the case may be, under sub-section (2), for all the mills included in that group (4) where an application for the fixation of a permissible quota under sub-section (3) is rejected, the textile commis- s sioner sb311 record in writing a brief statement of his reasons for such rejection"  5 in section 4 of the principal act,-amendment of section 4-(a) in sub-section (1), after the figures u1953", the words uor out of any group of mills," shall be inserted; 10 (b) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-u (1a) for the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that where a duty of excise has been levied under sub-section (1) on any quantity of dhoties issued in excess of the 15 permissible quota fixed under sub-section (3) of section 3 for any group of mills, no duty of excise shall be levied separately under the said sub-section (1) on any quantity of dhoties issued out of any mill included in that group on the ground that such quantity is in excess of the permissible 20 quota for that mill" amendment of lection s 6 in section 5 of the principal act, after the words uin particular", the word~ "the form and manner of applications for fixation of permissible quotas for groups of mills, the procedure to be foh9wed in relation to such fixation and" shall be inserted 2s au_la'_ 'i in the schedule to the prindpal act after the words ~mv of the sche-, "  dale 1iill1", ·the·w0rd8 fiol'·anysroup of muj,i" shall be ~  sta'tement of objects and reasonsin order to assist the handloom induatry, the government of inclta had issued: in december, 1'52, a notification unde1" the cf)tton tdt'iles· (control) order, 1948, restricting the produetim of dhcilcies by a mill or a group of mills to dot more than 60 per ,cent of the average qwmuues 'of· dhoties packed for sale per month for intemal codrmption during the year april, 1951 to march, 1952 it was, however, not always possible under this notification to penause the offender for infringement of its provisions to remove this disability, the dhoties (additional excise duty) act, 1953, was passed providing for the imposition of a penal excise duty on a regulated scale on mills infringing this restriction z in order to clarify beyond doubt that q group of mills under the same ownership or common management could combine their quotas of dhoties fixed under section 3, it is proposed to amend the said act to enable the government to fix a collective quota whereever necessary for a group of mills under the same ownership or common management the bill is designed to achieve this object , morarji desai new delhi; the 4th july, 1957 clause 6 of the bill seeks to amend section 5 of the principal act to emble the central government to make rules to provide for the form and manner of application for the fixation of permissible quota for any group of mills and the procedure to be followed in relation to such fixation these are matters of procedure and minor detail which may be entrusted to the rule making power of the central government  the proposed delegation of legislative power is of a normal character  annexure ~ - extracts from the dhotibs (addmonal excise duty) act, 1953 (39 of 1953) - • - • •short title, 1 ~xtent and commencem~t (1) - - - - - (2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and kashmir - - - - - levy of additional duty of excise on dhoties  4 (1) where the quantity of dhoties issued out of any mill on or after the 26th day of october, 1953, exceeds in any quarter the permissible quota for that quarter, there shall be levied and collected on that quantity of dhoties so issued which is in excess of the permissible quota a duty of excise at the rate or rates which may be applicable thereto as specified in the schedule  - - - - - - ower to  lte rules 5 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act, including, in particular, the submission of returns or other information relating· to the manufacture or issue of dhoties by mills to such authority as may be specified in this behal£ - - - - - -  the schedule [see section 4]rate of duty  where the quantity of dhoties issued out of any mill during any quarter is in excess of the permissible quota for that quarterper yard (1) in respect of the quantity which does not exceed the permissible quota by more than 12!% thereof 5 --  iuteot duty three iddai per ,ard (2) in respect of the quantity which exceeds the permissible quota by more than 121% thereof but does not exceed it by more than 25% four iiddili per yard, (3) in respect of the quantity which exceeds the·permissibie quota by more than 25% thereof but does not exceed it by, more- thad 50ro biaht iiddili per yard, (4) in respect of the quantity which exceeds the permissible quota by more than 50% thereof  a billto amend the dhoties (additional excise duty) act, 1953 the president has, in pursuance of clauses (i) and (3) of article 117 of the constitution of india, recommended to lok sabha, the introduction and consideration of the bill m n kaul, secretary (shri morarji desai, minister of commerce and industry) 