During a notified extraordinary situation, a wholesale trader stocks a far larger quantity of an essential commodity than the ceiling fixed by a Section 3 control order and refuses to sell it. Under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955:

Where a control order under Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act fixes a stock limit and a person stores or disposes of essential commodities in contravention, the enforcement machinery may SEIZE the commodity (Section 6-ism/6A) and prosecute the contravention. Under Section 7, contravention of a control order is punishable, and Section 6A provides for the forfeiture of the seized commodity and any container/conveyance when the authority is satisfied of the contravention. The trader's deliberate hoarding beyond the notified ceiling therefore attracts seizure-and-penalty action. The Act's deterrent machinery is designed precisely for such hoarding scenarios.