Potato (Cultivation) Ordinance

POTATO (CULTIVATION) [CAP. 64. 1 CHAPTER 64 POTATO (CULTIVATION) ORDINANCE *To make provision for the better cultivation of potatoes and other purposes connected therewith. (20th September, 1930)† Enacted by ORDINANCE XIV of 1930, as amended by Ordinance III of 1935, and Legal Notice 4 of 1963. Short title. *1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Potato (Cultivation) Ordinance. Power of Minister responsible for agriculture to make regulations. Amended by: L.N. 4 of 1963. 2. The Minister responsible for agriculture shall have power to make, and when made, amend, vary or revoke regulations for all or any of the following purposes: (a) for forbidding the importation of seed-potatoes not conforming to requirements; (b) for providing for the proper cultivation of potatoes; (c) for regulating the exercise of the trade of potato broker and for fixing the brokerage fees. Offences and penalties. Cap. 9. 3. Any person who commits a breach of any regulation made under this Ordinance shall be guilty of a contravention and shall be liable on conviction to the punishments established in the Criminal Code for contraventions. *The titles have been altered in view of the fact that those provisions of the Ordinance which applied to the export of potatoes have been repealed by original section 20 of Ordinance No. III of 1935, (now Chapter 85 of the Revised Edition) which section had been omitted under the Malta Statute Law Revision Ordinance, 1936. †See Proclamation No. XXII of the 20th of September, 1930.