Section 3 in The U.P. Essential Commodities (Display of Prices and Stocks and Control of Supply and Distribution) Order, 1977
3. Exhibition of price list and stocks by wholesalers.
(1)Every wholesaler shall before commencement of his business on any day exhibit at any entrance or some other prominent place of his business, the wholesale price list of different classes or varieties of scheduled commodities actually held in stock by him for sale as fixed or approved by the Central or State Government, if any, or as fixed by the manufacturer, producer or distributor, and where no such price is fixed or approved by the Government or fixed by the manufacturer, producer or distributor, the price (inclusive of all taxes), at which the scheduled commodities are offered for sale by the wholesaler.(2)The price list shall-(a)indicate separately the wholesale prices of different classes or varieties of scheduled commodities;(b)bear the signature of the wholesaler; and(c)be legibly written in bold letters in Hindi Language in Devanagri script.(3)Separate price list shall be prepared for-(i)scheduled commodities, the prices of which are fixed or approved by the Central or State Government;(ii)scheduled commodities, the price of which are fixed by the manufacturer, producer, distributor;(iii)scheduled commodities not covered by sub-clauses (i) and (ii) above.(4)Every wholesaler shall intimate to the District Magistrate or the District Supply Officer, the place where any class or variety of scheduled commodity is stored by him and shall display at the entrance thereof the name of the owner and the commodity or commodities stored therein.(5)Every wholesaler shall in the like manner exhibit a separate list showing correctly different classes or varieties of scheduled commodities actually held in stock by him at any time:Provided that in the case of scheduled commodities specified by the State Government, it shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of display of stock of such commodities if the fact of availability or non-availability in stock of such commodities is indicated in the list by writing 'Yes' or 'No' against them.
