Protection of Local Agricultural Produce Act (Cap. 187)

1 CONSOLIDATED TO 30 JUNE 2012 LAWS OF SEYCHELLES CHAPTER 187 PROTECTION OF LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE ACT [2nd April, 1973] ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. 3. Power of Minister to issue prohibition order. 4. Conditions subject to which prohibition order is to be issued. 5. Where prohibition order not applicable. 6. Penalties. 7. Notification of revocation of prohibition order. ─────────── 1. This Act may be cited as the Protection of Local Agricultural Produce Act. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires – "agricultural produce" includes eggs, flowers, fruit, meat, poultry, vegetables and all processed products of agriculture; "prohibition order" means an order made by the Minister under the provisions of section3; 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act the Minister may, subject as hereinafter provided, prohibit by order in the Gazette the importation of specified agricultural produce into Seychelles for any particular period and under such conditions as he may impose. 4. The Minister, in the exercise of the powers vested in him under the provisions of section 3, shall – Act 11 of 1973 S.I. 104 of 1975 Act 23 of 1976 2 (a) give notice of the imposition of such prohibition in the Gazette at least fourteen days before such prohibition order is expressed to take effect; (b) specify in the prohibition order the agricultural produce the importation of which is prohibited; (c) specify in the prohibition order any agricultural produce the importation of which is prohibited except under licence issued by the Chief Agricultural Officer. 5. A prohibition order shall not apply to any consignment of agricultural produce in respect of which the importer satisfies the Minister by the production of documents or otherwise that the shipment thereof was prior to the date on which such prohibition was notified under section 4. 6. Any contravention of the provisions of this Act shall be an offence and shall, on conviction, be punishable in the Magistrate's Court with a fine of Rs 1,000 or with imprisonment for one year or with both such fine and imprisonment and, in addition, the court may levy on the importer a penalty not exceeding the "cost, insurance and freight" value of the consignment. 7. The Minister shall give at least fourteen days' notice in the Gazette of his intention to revoke any prohibition order. ────────── 3 LAWS OF SEYCHELLES CHAPTER 187 PROTECTION OF LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE ACT SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION Sections 3 and 4 *The Protection of Local Agricultural Produce (Prohibition of Importation) (Schedule Agricultural Produce) Order [29 th July 1974, 6 th October, 1975 and 3 rd May, 1976] SECTION 1. Citation. 2. Prohibition of importation. Schedule 3. Licence to import may be issued by the Chief Agricultural Officer. 1. This order may be cited as the Protection of Local Agricultural Produce (Prohibition of Importation) (Scheduled Agricultural Produce) Order. 2. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 3, the importation into Seychelles of the agricultural produce specified in the Schedule hereto, in its fresh or frozen state only, shall be prohibited during the period this order is in force. 3. The Chief Agricultural Officer may issue a licence to any importer to import any of the items of agricultural produce specified in the Schedule hereto for any particular period of time during the continuance in force of this order. SCHEDULE (Regulation 2) AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE IN ITS FRESH OR FROZEN STATE TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES Beetroot Chicken Cabbage Ducks 4 Capsicums Eggs Carrots Pork Cauliflowers Pork Products Courgettes Chillies Cumcumber Eggplants Ginger Green beans Lemons Lettuce Limes Okra Oranges Parsley Tomatoes …………………….