Sisal Industry (Sale of Sisal and Collection of Cess) Rules (Cap. 341)

[Rev. 2012] CAP. 341 Sisal Industry [Subsidiary] 27 [Issue 1] SISAL INDUSTRY (SALE OF SISAL AND COLLECTION OF CESS) RULES, 1951 [G.N. 873/1951, L.N. 277/1989, L.N. 89/2006.] 1. These Rules may be cited as the Sisal Industry (Sale of Sisal and Collection of Cess) Rules, 1951. 2. No sisal or sisal fibre produced within Kenya shall be sold except through an agent duly licensed under section 7 of the Act, and any person who sells sisal or sisal fibre other than through such an agent shall be guilty of an offence. 3. Every agent appointed by the Board under section 7 of the Act shall be issued with a certificate of appointment which shall be in the form prescribed in the Third Schedule. 4. The Board may from time to time attach such conditions or additional conditions as it may consider necessary to the appointment of any person as an agent, or delete any conditions therefrom and may enter such conditions or additional conditions in the certificate issued under these Rules. 5. An agent appointed by the Board shall be remunerated in such manner as the Board may, in consultation with the Minister, determine which manner shall be subsequently accepted in writing by the agent. 6. Deleted by L.N. 89/2006. 7. The Board may by notice in writing, require the holder of a certificate issued under these Rules to surrender it to the Board within a specific period for the entry or deletion of any conditions under rule 3. 8. It shall be the duty of the Board from time to time to determine the prices which shall be paid for sisal and sisal fibre. 9. No sisal or sisal fibre produced within Kenya shall be exported except under a licence granted by the board which shall be in the form in the schedule to these Rules, and any person who exports sisal or sisal fibre without a licence shall be guilty of an offence. 10. The cess imposed under section 18 of the Act shall be paid monthly to the Board by every licensee licensed under section 13 of the Act. 11. The fees for licences issued by the Board under section 13 of the Act shall be those specified in the Second Schedule. 12. Any person who is guilty of an offence under these Rules shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. FIRST SCHEDULE [Rule 4.] EXPORT LICENCE Application for permission to export Sisal and/or Sisal Fibre. [To be sent to the Secretary, Sisal Board, P.O. Box 1179, Nairobi, in triplicate.] Mark(s) ....................... Central Contract No. ....................................... Local Contract No. .......................................... Name of Licensed Agent ...................................................................................................................... Address ................................................................................................................................................ No. 21 of 1945 [Rev. 2012] Sisal Industry [Subsidiary] [Issue 1] 28 FIRST SCHEDULE—continued Grade 1 A 2 3L 3 SCWF UG T1 T2 Sisal to be exported in tons ..................... Price c.i.f. U.K. basis per ton ................... Total value c.i.f. basis .............................. Total value f.o.b. basis ............................. Country of destination ............................................................................................................... To whom consigned .................................................................................................................. Date of shipment ....................................................................................................................... Name of ship ............................................................................................................................. I/We hereby certify that the information which I/we have given above is true and accurate to the best of my/our knowledge and belief. Date .................................................................... Signed.................................................................. FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Licence No. ......................................................... Export of ............................................................................................................................................... approved ............................................................................................................................................... Date .................................................................... .............................................................Secretary, For and on behalf of Sisal Board SECOND SCHEDULE [Rule 6.] FEES Sh 1. Fees for an agency licence authorizing the holder to buy and sell sisal and sisal fibre produced in Kenya for purposes of export only ........... 5,000 per annum 2. Fees for an agency licence authorizing the holder to buy and sell sisal and sisal fibre produced in Kenya for the purposes of the domestic market only .......................................................................................... 1,000 per annum 3. Fees for each export licence authorizing the holder to export sisal fibre or tow from Kenya ............................................................................... 50 4. Fees for a licence authorizing the holder to process his own sisal leaf exclusively ........................................................................................... 1,000 per annum 5. Fees for a licence authorizing the holder to process the leaf of other growers as well as his own ................................................................. 1,500 per annum 6. Fees for a licence authorizing the holder to process bought fibre only ............................................................................................................. 500 per annum [Rev. 2012] CAP. 341 Sisal Industry [Subsidiary] 29 [Issue 1] THIRD SCHEDULE [Rule 3.] SISAL BOARD OF KENYA CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT OF AGENT This is to Certify that ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................................................... has been appointed under section 7 of the Sisal Industry Act (Cap. 341) to be an agent of the Board for the purposes of receipt and sale or other disposal of sisal fibre produced in Kenya on the following terms and conditions: Date .................................................................... Signed ................................................................. Designation ......................................................... for Sisal Board of Kenya