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Section 13A
The Tobacco Board Act, 1975

Section 13A. Duty of registered dealers and exporters to purchase at auction platforms, etc

1[13A. Duty of registered dealers and exporters to purchase at auction platforms, etc.-- No registered dealer or registered exporter shall purchase or cause to be purchased virginia tobacco elsewhere--

(a) than at an auction platform registered with the Board in accordance with the rules made under this Act or established by the Board under this Act; or

(b) than from any other registered dealer or a registered grower or curer:

Provided that in relation to any State in which the provisions of section 13 are not in force, the condition specified under clause (a) shall not apply.]

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.

How courts have applied section 13A