Agricultural Produce Decree (Cap. 110)

·THE LAWS OF ZANZIBAR CHAPTER 110 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (PRINCIPAL LEGISLATION) PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, ZANZIBAR CAP. 110. 2 G.N. . 13 of 1937. 13 of 1949. Short title. Interp-eta tion. 9 of 1938, schd. 9 of 1938, schd. 2 of 1938. CAP. 110.) Agricultural Produce CHAPTER 110 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. 3. Prohibition of carrying on operation as a dealer without a bcence. 4. Application for issue of licences. 5. Restriction on number of licences. 6. General provisions as to licences. 7. Power of entry. 8. Form of permit. 9. Permits for removal of produce, when required. 10. Production of permit. 11. Penalties. 12. Rules. A Decree to regulate and control dealings in and removal of Agricultural Produce {lsTAUGUST, 1937.J 1. This Decree may be cited as the Agricultural P:roduce Decree. 2. · In this Decree " cloves" means the-dried flower buds of the clove tree and includes mother of cloves and dove-stems; "dealer" means a person who barters, buys or: sells produce or barters or buys coconuts and sells the same as- copra and includes- any person acting as the agent "of any such person either for bartering, buying or selling,- other than a bona fide employee in the exclusive service of a dealer remunerated by wages or salary, but does not include (a) the owner or occupier of agricultural land or the purchaser of a growing crop se11ing exclusively the produce of his own estate or holding; (b) a person who barters, buys or .sells coconiits or copra within the Town of Zanzibar; . (c) a person who barters or buys for his own consumption; (d) a Collector as defined in Schedule VI of the Land Protection (Debts Settlement) Decree, 1938; "dealer's licence" means a licence issued under the provisions of this Decree; Agricultural Produce [CAP. 110. "licen~i~g officer" means an officer appointed in that behalf- b-jL the M1mster and every Regional Commissioner of such other officer a~ may be authorised by a Regional Commissioner t~ issue "Minister" shall mean the Minister for the time beinn responsible for Agnculture". 0 "'"pJace (..)1 LJU=sitlC~~ JJ1\,:U.1.h> U.UJ v-.L..1-a ...... O --- , , --- ,;· as a dealer; "produce" means cloves, coconuts or copra and any other agricul tural produce whether raw or wholly or partly manufactured which the Minister may from time to time by notice in the Gazette declar~ to be produce for the purposes of this Decree or of such provisions th--:reof as may be specified in such notice;" Decree; "trading licence" means a general or retail trader's licence issued under the provisions of the. Trades Li~ensing Decree. l.di/J.. - ~ • l:...J. '- . 3.-(1) No person other than the C~•e <ffo,.~ ~,~, whether holding a trading licence or not, shall operate as a dealer unless he holds a dealer's licence authorising "him to do so. Cap. 97, 1934. Prohibition of carrying on operation as a dealer without a (2) A separate dealer's licence shall be required to deal in cloves and licence. . . d I · f l I f b · 9 of 1938 m coconuts or copra, an a so m respect o eac 1 p ace o usmess. schd. ' (3) A dealer's licence shall authorise the person to whom the same is issued to deal only in the produce named in such licence. 4.-(1) Any person desiring to operate as a dealer shall fill in the Applicatioij prescribed form of application- and forward the same, together witn the fk:,\~~~~ of fee, if any, payable for a dealer's licence to the licensing officer of the district in which the place of business concerned is -situated. Such applic·ation shall be signed by the applicant and shall contain all the information required in the form prescribed. (2) Upon receipt of such application and fee, if aey, the licensing officer may inquire into the truth of the particulars f-urnished by the applicant and, for the purp.ose, may c~ll for and examine the applicant and inspect the place of business mentioned in the application and thereupon, subject to the provisions of this Decree, the licensing officer may issue to the applicant a dealer's licence in the prescribed form. (3) The licensing officer may for reasons to be recorded by him in writing refuse to issue or renew a licence. (4) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the licen sing officer may, save in the case of an applicant who has been convicted of an offence under this Decree or Parts XXVI to XXXIII of the Penal Decree (which Cap. 13. deal with offences relating to property), appeal to the "B-ritish: Resi:defit )-(,4~.:s ~ who shall have power to confirm such refusal or to direct that a licence shall be issued. 3 Agricultural Produce [CAP. 110. 13 SCHEDULE 11 (Rule 4) FEES 1. For a dealer's licence in respect of each place of business . 2. For a copy of the licence .. 3. For transfer of a dealer's licence from one place of Shs. cts. 5 00 0 50 business to another 2 00 NOTICE Under section 2 LICENSING OFFICER The Town Clerk has been appointed to issue licences to deal in cloves at places of business within the Town of Zanzibar. [Subsidiary] G.N. 44 of 1942. Gen.N. 610 of 1938.