Agricultural Produce Marketing (Maize and Produce Board) (Movement of Regulated Produce) Regulations (L.N. No. 91 of 1968)

THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETING (MAIZE AND PRODUCE BOARD) (MOVEMENT OF REGULATED PRODUCE) REGULATIONS [L.N. 91 of 1968.] 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Produce Marketing (Maize and Produce Board) (Movement of Regulated Produce) Regulations, and shall apply to the whole of Kenya. 2. In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires, “move”, in relation to regulated produce, includes drive or be in charge of any pack animal, vehicle, train or vessel on or in which the regulated produce is. 3. (1) Subject to the provision of paragraph (2), no regulated produce in respect of which a compulsory marketing order under section 8 of the Act is in force, shall be moved whether by headload, pack animal, road vehicle, train, vessel or otherwise, except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a written permit issued by the Maize and Produce Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, or by some persons authorised in writing by the Board for that purpose. (2) The provision of paragraph (1) shall not apply (a) to the movement of regulated produce by the producer from its place of production by the most direct or normal route to the producer’s store or to the nearest trading centre or market within the district in which it is produced, for sale to the Board or its authorised agent; (b) to the movement, within the district in which it is produced, and in quantities not exceeding those specified in the Schedule, of regulated produce specified in the Schedule which is— (i) packed or contained separately from the produce of any person other than the owner; (ii) accompanied throughout such movement by the owner; and (iii) intended for the consumption of the owner and his family residing in the district in which it was produced. 4. (1) Every permit issued under regulation 3 shall be carried with the regulated produce in respect of which it has been issued, and shall be produced, on request, to any public officer or any person or class of persons authorised by the Board in that behalf. (2) In the case of railed consignments, the permit shall be retained by the Railway Administration of the station of consignment. 5. No regulated produce shall be moved between the hours of half-past six in the evening and half-past six in the following morning, except by train or vessel operated by Kenya Railways or the Kenya Ports Authority. 6. A person who (a) moves, or causes or permits to be moved, any regulated produce contrary to the provisions of these Regulations; or (b) contravenes any of the conditions of a permit issued under these Regulations; or (c) fails without reasonable excuse to carry a permit issued under these Regulations with the regulated produce in respect of which it has been issued or to produce the permit on request being made under regulation 4, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings, and the Court may in addition order that any regulated produce in respect of which that person is convicted shall be forfeited to the Board. SCHEDULE [Rule 3] Beans (all varieties) ............................................. 1 bag of 200 lb. net. Capsicums ....................................................... 1 bag of 40 lb. net. Cashew Nuts.................................................... 1 bag of 150 lb. net. Cassava ............................................................ 1 bag of 125 lb. net. Castor Seed ..................................................... 1 bag of 145 lb. net. Copra .............................................................. 1 bag of 120 lb. net. Grams (all varieties) ........................................... 1 bag of 200 lb. net. Groundnuts (1) shelled ...................................... 1 bag of 180 lb. net. (2) unshelled ..................................................... 1 bag of 60 lb. net. Millet (Bulrush, Finger, Foxtail) .......................... 1 bag of 200 lb. net. Njahi (Dolichos, Lab-lab, Black, Red, Mixed White) ........................................... 1 bag of 200 lb. net. Peas (Cow, Dried Field, Pigeon, Garden) ............................................................ 1 bag of 200 lb. net. Rice Paddy ........................................................ 1 bag of 160 lb. net. Simsim .............................................................. 1 bag of 180 lb. net. Sorghum (White, Red/Mixed) ............................ 1 bag of 180 lb. net. Sunflower Seed (all varieties) ............................. 1 bag of 80 lb. net. Regulations to control the price of rice paddy are published from time to time. They are not reproduced here as tending to be of temporary duration.