suspension and termination of orders

suspension and termination of orders Sec. 1712. (a) The Secretary shall, whenever he finds that any order issued under this title, or any provision thereof, obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of this title, terminate or suspend the operation of such order or such provision thereof. (b) The Secretary may conduct a referendum at any time, and shall hold a referendum on request of 10 per centum or more of the number of end product manufacturers subject to the order, to deter-mine whether such manufacturers favor the termination or suspension of the order, and the Secretary shall suspend or terminate such order within six months after the Secretary determines that suspension or termination of the order is approved or favored by a majority of the end product manufacturers voting in such referendum who, during a representative period determined by the Secretary, have been engaged in the manufacture of end products or by end product manufacturers who produced end products con-91 STAT. 1039Gaining more than 50 per centum of the total processed wheat contained in all end products manufactured during such period by the end product manufacturers voting in the. referendum. (c) The termination or suspension of any order, or any provision thereof, shall not be considered an older within the meaning of this title.