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| (1) The Minister may, subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section and section 20, by Order published in the Gazette-
| | (a) on the recommendation of the Bureau, declare any standard specification for any commodity or for the manufacture, production, processing or treatment of any commodity to be, with effect from a date specified in the Order, a compulsory standard specification for that commodity or for the manufacture, production, processing or treatment of that commodity, and | | |
| | (b) prescribe, in respect of any compulsory standard specification, a distinctive mark for any commodity which complies with that specification or which has been manufactured, produced, processed or treated in accordance with that specification. | | |
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| (2) If the Order proposed to be made under sub-section (1) relates to any commodity, or the manufacture, production, processing or treatment of any commodity, which is the subject-matter of any other written law, the Order shall be made by |the Minister after consultation with the Minister to whom the subject or function of such other law has been assigned. |
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| (3) The date specified in any Order under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall be a date not earlier than three months after the date of the Order. |
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| (4) An Order made under subsection (1) may, by a subsequent Order published in the Gazette, be revoked or amended. |
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