Rubber Control (Amendment) Act

RUBBER CONTROL (AMENDMENT) [Cap. 255 CHAPTER 255 RUBBER CONTROL (AMENDMENT) Act AN AcT ro AMEND THE RUBBER CONTROL ACT. No. 10 of 1983. [Act No. IO of 1983-Commencement-I0th February, 1983; Operation-M April, 1983.I Short title. I. This Act may be cited as the Rubber Control (Amendment) Act. Replacement 2. Section 16 of the Rubber Control Act of section 16 of (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Chapter 255. . [§ 2 10 of enactment '') 1s hereby amended by the 1983.I substitution for that section of the following section : Amendment of section 25 of the principal enactment. [§ 2, 10 of 1983.1 " Scales to be 16. Every licensed dealer kept in licensed shall keep in his licensed premises. premises scales capable of weighing up to fifty kilogrammes and shall, upon being requested to do so by the Controller or by an officer authorised by the Controller, cause any rubber in those premises to be weighed, and shall permit and give every facility and assistance to the Controller or such authorised officer to compare the weight of the stock of rubber in those premises with the weights as shown in the record mentioned under section 15. ". 3. Section 25 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for subsections (1) and (2) of that section, the following subsections : " ( i) There shall be charged, levied and paid an export duty on rubber calculated at such rate as may be determined by a resolution of Parliament on every hundred kilogramme of rubber exported from Sri Lanka. Every such resolution shall be published in the Gazette : Provided, however, that no such duty shall be charged or levied on any rubber which is proved to the satisfaction of the Principal Collector of Customs to have been imported into Sri Lanka for the purpose of reexport. (2) The amount of duty imposed under subsection ( 1) of this section may be varied, or the duty imposed may be rescinded at any time by a resolution of Parliament. Such resolution shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into effect from the date of such publication. ". 4. Section 52 of the principal enactment Amendment of is hereby amended in subsection (1) thereof section 52 of b h b . . fi h d fini . the principal y t e su stitution or t e e tions enactment respectively, of " estate " and " small (§ 2, IO of' holding ", the following definitions :- 1983.1 ' " estate " means any area of land which is not less than four hectares in extent and on which rubber plants are grown for the purposes of collecting latex therefrom ; "small holding " means an area of land which is less than four hectares in extent and on which rubber plants are grown for the purpose of collecting latex therefrom. '. (S) I/ 137