Crops and Livestock Registration Act (Cap. 68:04)

L.R.O. 1/2012 LAWS OF GUYANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK REGISTRATION ACT CHAPTER 68:04 Act 22 of 1917 1 – 8 ... 1/2012 (inclusive) by L.R.O. Pages Authorised Current Authorised Pages LAWS OF GUYANA 2 Cap. 68:04 Crops and Livestock Registration L.R.O. 1/2012 Note on Subsidiary Legislation This Chapter contains no subsidiary legislation. LAWS OF GUYANA Crops and Livestock Registration Cap. 68:04 3 L.R.O. 1/2012 CHAPTER 68:04 CROPS AND LIVESTOCK REGISTRATION ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. 3. (1) Annual returns of cultivated land, crops and livestock. Occupier of land. (2) Owner of livestock. (7) Lessor or licensor. (8) Supply of forms. 4. Chief Agricultural Officer’s power of entry. 5. Penalties. SCHEDULE—Returns of acreage of land under cultivation and number of animals kept. 1929 Ed. c. 159 1953 Ed. c. 243 22 of 1917 An Act to provide for the registration of cultivated lands, of crops and livestock. [15th DECEMBER, 1917] Short title. Interpretation. Annual returns of cultivated land, crops and 1. This Act may be cited as the Crops and Livestock Registration Act. 2. In this Act, “land” means any area of land whereof there is at least one acre under some form of cultivation. 3. (1) On or before the last day of January in each year the occupier of any land shall furnish to the Chief LAWS OF GUYANA 4 Cap. 68:04 Crops and Livestock Registration L.R.O. 1/2012 livestock. Schedule. Forms A and B. Occupier of land. Owner of livestock. Lessor or licensor. Agricultural Officer a return, in Form A in the Schedule, of the acreage of the land under cultivation at the date of the return, and of the crops (and produce thereof) of any of the agricultural products set out in that form reaped during the year ending on that date. (2) The owner of any livestock kept on land shall in like manner furnish a return thereof in Form B in the Schedule, setting out the number of animals kept at the date of the return and their increase during the year ending on that date. (3) The form shall be signed by the occupier of the land or the owner of the livestock, as the case may be, together with a declaration that the statement contained in the return is to the best of his knowledge and belief true and accurate. (4) If the occupier of land or owner of stock is absent from Guyana, his attorney in Guyana shall furnish the return. (5) The Minister may, by order, substitute from time to time any other day for the last day of January for the return, and may in like manner substitute from time to time any other form for the forms contained in the Schedule. (6) The return shall give the information required for the twelve months ending one calendar month before the date of the return, but the Minister may from time to time prescribe a different period and also if so advised call for a special return covering any specified period. (7) When land is given out to farmers on lease or licence, the lessor or licensor may in any case be required by the Chief Agricultural Officer to make the returns in place of the occupier of land or owner of livestock and shall be subject to the like penalties. LAWS OF GUYANA Crops and Livestock Registration Cap. 68:04 5 L.R.O. 1/2012 Supply of forms. Chief Agricultural Officer’s power of entry. Penalties. [6 of 1997] (8) Printed forms of every return required to be furnished under this Act shall be supplied by the Chief Agricultural Officer to occupiers or owners or their attorneys. 4. The Chief Agricultural Officer, or anyone authorised by him in that behalf, or a district commissioner, may enter between six in the forenoon and six in the afternoon upon any land respecting which returns are required by this Act after giving seven days’ previous notice in writing to the occupier of that land or his attorney, and may survey and measure the land or any part thereof or count and inspect the livestock thereon. 5. (1) Everyone cultivating five acres or upwards, or owning twenty head of livestock or upwards, who refuses or wilfully neglects to furnish to the Chief Agricultural Officer within the time prescribed by this Act any return hereby required, duly filled up so far as he is able to do so, shall be liable to a fine of four thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars, and shall be liable to a like penalty for each period of seven days during which the default continues after the conviction, and everyone cultivating less than five acres and owning less than twenty head of livestock shall in like case be liable to a fine of one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. (2) Everyone wilfully making a false statement in any return shall be liable to a fine of nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. (3) Everyone who obstructs the Chief Agricultural Officer, or anyone authorised by him in that behalf, or any district commissioner, while acting under section 4 shall be liable to a fine of nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. (4) Penalties may be sued for and recovered by any officer of the department of agriculture, or by any district LAWS OF GUYANA 6 Cap. 68:04 Crops and Livestock Registration L.R.O. 1/2012 s. 3 commissioner or police constable, before a magistrate. SCHEDULE FORM B RETURN SHOWING THE ACREAGE UNDER CULTIVATION AND THE CROPS REAPED OF THE FOLLOWING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DURING THE YEAR ENDING…………………ON……………………… AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS— Area under cultivation. Acres Sugar cane ... ... ... Sugar ......... Tons Molasses ... ... “ Cattle Food ... “ Rum ... ... proof gallons Rice ... ... ...Padi ...... Bags Cleaned Rice ... “ Ricemeal ... ... cwt. Coconut palms ... Coconuts ... ... thousands Coconut oil... ... gallons Coconut meal ... cwt. Coconut fibre ... “ Copra ...... ...lbs. Rubber ... ... ... Rubber, cured... lbs. Cacao ... ... ... Cured cocoa ... ... cwt. Coffee ... ... ... Cured coffee ...... “ Kola ... ...... Kola nuts (dry) ...“ Limes ... ... ... Lime juice, raw ... gallons “ “ concentrated ... “ Citrate of lime ... cwt. Oil of limes ... ... gallons Cotton ... ... ... Cotton, raw ... ... lbs. LAWS OF GUYANA Crops and Livestock Registration Cap. 68:04 7 L.R.O. 1/2012 “ ginned ... ... “ “ seed ... ... ... “ Tobacco ...... ... Tobacco, cured ... cwt. Corn (maize) ... ... Corn ... ... ... barrels Cassava ... ... ... Starch ... ... ... cwt. Plantains, bananas and ground provisions ... ... Total, acres ... ... ... The statements contained in this return are to the best of my knowledge and belief true and accurate. (Signed) ............................................................... Occupier FORM B RETURN SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS KEPT ON THE ………………………DAY OF…………… ON................................................ LIVESTOCK– Increase Number during the year Horses ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... Mules ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... Donkeys ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Cattle ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... Buffaloes ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... Sheep ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... LAWS OF GUYANA 8 Cap. 68:04 Crops and Livestock Registration L.R.O. 1/2012 Goats ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... Swine ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Total ... ... ... ... ... ... The statements contained in this return are to the best of my knowledge and belief true and accurate. (Signed) ............................................................... Owner