Sugar Factories Control Act, 1950 (N.W.F.P. Act XXII of 1950).

The purpose of this Act is to regulate the supply of sugarcane intended for use in sugar factories and the price at which it may be purchased.
The Act establishes a Sugarcane Control Board and appoints a Cane Commissioner who may: require the occupier of any factory to submit to him an estimate of the cane required during the crushing season; declare any area to be reserved or assigned area for the purposes of the supply of cane to a particular factory; decide on the purchase of cane in reserved or assigned areas; prohibit the cultivation in any reserved area by cane growers or Cane Growers’ Cooperative Societies of any variety of sugarcane unsuitable for distribution; etc.
The Act further recognizes the power of the Provincial Government to fix the minimum price to be paid by occupiers of factories or purchasing agents for cane purchased in areas other than reserved areas.