Cotton (Ginning and Baling) Rules (Cap. 65:04)

COTTON (GINNING AND BALING) RULES under s. 18 G.N. 29/1954 74/1963 1. These Rules may be cited as the Cotton (Ginning and Baling) Rules. 2. Gins shall be maintained in proper working order and the condition of all working and fixed parts shall be as recommended by the manufacturers. 3. Seed cotton shall always be in a satisfactorily dry state before being fed to the gins and the rate of feed shall not exceed the maximum advised by the gin manufacturers. 4.—(1) All gins shall be so adjusted that whole seeds or pieces of seed do not pass into the ginned lint and that only lint passes over the rollers of roller gins or through the breast bars of saw gins. (2) Gins shall be maintained in such a manner that oil, grease or any form of lubricant does not come into contact with the seed cotton or the ginned lint. (3) Gins shall be so fitted that the seed issuing from them contains, as far as possible, no unginned cotton and no avoidable broken seed. 5.—(1) Lint shall be baled in such a manner that all hoops are intact and that the lint is completely covered by hessian. (2) All reasonable steps shall be taken to exclude dirt and any extraneous matter from lint prior to and during baling. (3) Prior to removal from the ginnery, bales shall be stored in such a manner as to be protected from the weather. 6. All seed cotton delivered for ginning shall be kept separate in the prescribed grades. 7. The holder of every ginning licence shall gin all cotton up to the capacity of the ginnery which may be delivered to him for ginning and shall commence ginning so as to ensure that all the seed required for planting shall be in the hands of those responsible for its distribution to growers by the dates prescribed by the Minister. 8. The Director or any person authorized in writing under section 14 of the Act may prohibit the working of any ginnery unless he is satisfied that ginning is being conducted in accordance with these Rules, and thereafter no person shall once more commence to work such ginnery until the Director or such person grants permission to do so. 9. Any person who contravenes these Rules shall be guilty of an offence. NOTE Notices under s. 13 of the Act are omitted.