Karatu District Council (Inspection of Agricultural Production) (Coffee) By-laws (G.N. No. No. 304 of 2001)

Oovfio,.Mt:.NI Nu1 ILL Nu. J04 pubhshed on 2/1 1/200 I THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DISTRJCT AUTHORITIES) ACT, 1982 (No. 7 01' I 982) BY-LAWS Made under sec/ion 148 TflE KARATlJ OISTRICT COUNCIL (INSPECTION Of AGR!CUt:rtJRAL PRODUCTION) tCOFFF.~J 8¥-LAWS I. These By-laws may be cited as the Karatu District Council (Inspection of Agricultural Produce) (Coffee) By-laws 200 1 . 2 . These By-laws shall come into operation on the day when shall be rmhli.sherl in rhP.G0vemmentOffieial GaztJtll!. and shall apply through out the area ofKamtu District Council. 3. In these By-laws, unless the context requires o therwise: " Authorised Officer'' mea11& District CooperAtive Officer, Oi:;trict Agri culture and Livestock Officer and District Land Officer. "Premises" means buildings/stores/noted in contact Estates used co store coffee before delivery to the huyers. ''Estate+. means any coffee farms under contract lease in Karatu Dis trict. 4 .-{I) . Tlu:n:: shull be made an iaspccuon by the council mall premisses where Agricultural produce (Coffee) is stored. (2) The Council may authorise the District Cooperative Officer District Agriculture and Livl'5tock Officer and District Land Develop ment Officer to inspect all the premises and produce stored in such premise/stores. (3) The au1horiscd Officer moy summon any person in whose premises coffee is stored to repon to ti1e Council on the quantity and quality of coffee produced in his/her estate. S. Any person who ltdving. been required to give information or repon under 4(3) wilfully misleads or attempts to mislead the Council on any matter in connection with the collection of a rate shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding Six months or fine of fifty thousand shillings (S0,000/=) or both that fine and imprisonment. 2015 Short title Commc nri:rn~nt aind ltup,-, plic;ation lnterpr.e~ uuiun Cnspec• tion of Premises 6. Where any person so summoned neglects or rcfuces to allow any authorised officer to enter the prem,scs/stores in order to perform his/ her duties shall be:: g,uilLyofau off'cnoc and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding rwo hundred and fifty thousand shillings (TShs. 250,000/=) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both iha1 fine and imprisonment. The Official Seal of1hc Karatu District Council was affixed to those By-laws on 25"' January 2001 in pursuance of a resolution passed at a meeting of the Council and was affixed in the presence of: Dodoma, 21• July, 2001 R. B K. Nzu..a,. Acting District Executive Ditector K,.1r<1tu District Council I APPROVE LAz..,Ro Trrus MASSAY, Chairman Kuratu Ots/J'tct Council Ht)N R•"'· GFN. (Rro.) HAssAN NGw1uzi {MP.). Minister of State. Presidem's Office Regional Admmistralion (Ill,/ Local Government