Molasses Disposal Act (Cap. 92:03)

L.R.O. 1/2012 LAWS OF GUYANA MOLASSES ACT CHAPTER 92:03 Act 23 of 1931 Amended by 41 of 1933 31 of 1937 1 – 5 ... 1/2012 (inclusive) by L.R.O. Pages Authorised Current Authorised Pages LAWS OF GUYANA 2 Cap. 92:03 Molasses L.R.O. 1/2012 Note on Subsidiary Legislation This Chapter contains no subsidiary legislation. LAWS OF GUYANA Molasses Cap. 92:03 3 L.R.O. 1/2012 CHAPTER 92:03 MOLASSES ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title. 2. Records of sale and disposal of molasses. 3. No molasses exceeding two gallons to be sold, delivered or removed without certificate. 4. Purposes for which molasses required to be in writing. 5. Certificate under section 3(2). 6. Penalty for use other than that given. 7. Copy of statement delivered under section 4 to be sent to Commissioner of Police. 8. Penalty for contravention of Act. 9. Power of arrest without warrant in certain cases. 10. Offences punishable under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts. 1953 Ed. c. 125 23 of 1931 An Act to provide for the Regulation of the Sale and disposal of Molasses. [24TH OTOBER, 1931] Short title. Records of sale and disposal of molasses. [41 of 1933 31 of 1937] 1. This Act may be cited as the Molasses (Disposal) Act. 2. (1) Every person who except for export from Guyana sells or otherwise disposes of molasses to some other person shall keep at the place of sale or disposal a book (hereinafter referred to as “the molasses disposal book”) in which he shall record the quantity of molasses sold or disposed of, the date of sale or disposition, the date of delivery, the name and address of the buyer or person to LAWS OF GUYANA 4 Cap. 92:03 Molasses L.R.O. 1/2012 No molasses exceeding two gallons to be sold delivered or removed without certificate. [31 of 1937] Purposes for which molasses required to be in writing. [41 of 1933] Certificate under section 3(2). whom disposed of and of the person to whom delivered, and the consideration for the sale or disposition, and the purpose for which obtained. (2) The entries in the molasses disposal book shall be made in such manner and form as the Commissioner of Police may from time to time prescribe by notice in the Gazette and a daily newspaper, and shall at all times be open to inspection by any district commissioner, police constable or officer of customs. (3) Every person who sells or disposes of molasses as aforesaid shall on the first day of every month transmit to the Commissioner of Police an extract of all entries in the molasses disposal book for the preceding month. 3. (1) No person shall on the sale or other disposition of molasses as aforesaid deliver more than two gallons thereof on the same day to any other person unless he shall deliver to that person at the same time a certificate of the sale or other disposition thereof. The Commissioner of Police may subject to the approval of the Minister from time to time prescribe forms of certificates and what they shall contain. (2) No person shall remove more than two gallons of molasses from the place of sale or disposal unless he has received a certificate as provided by subsection (1). 4. Before the delivery of molasses to any person under sections 2 and 3, such person shall state in writing signed by him the purpose for which he desires to obtain the molasses. The statement shall be delivered to and kept by the person who delivers the molasses and shall be open to inspection in the same manner and by the same persons mentioned in section 2 (2). 5. Every certificate delivered under section 3 (2) shall state the purpose for which the molasses has been obtained. LAWS OF GUYANA Molasses Cap. 92:03 5 L.R.O. 1/2012 Penalty for use other than that given. [41 of 1933] Copy of statement delivered under sec. 4 to be sent to Commissioner of Police. [41 of 1933] Penalty for contravention of Act. [41 of 1933] Power of arrest without warrant in certain cases. Offences punishable under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts. 6. Any person to whom molasses has been delivered under this Act and who uses it or any part thereof for a purpose other than that set forth in the statement required by section 4 and in the certificate delivered under section 5 shall be liable to a fine of seven hundred and fifty dollars. 7. Every person who transmits an extract of entries in pursuance of section 2(3) shall at the same time transmit to the Commissioner of Police a copy of every statement which has been delivered during the preceding month under section 4. 8. (1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of sections 2, 3 and 6 shall be liable to a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars and if convicted of a second or subsequent offence to a fine of three thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months. (2) Where any person is convicted in respect of the sale or other disposition or the delivery or removal of any molasses in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act the molasses shall be forfeited. 9. Any person who acts in contravention of section 3 may be arrested without warrant by any district commissioner, police constable or officer of customs. 10. Any person acting in contravention of this Act may be prosecuted and punished under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts.