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| (1) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the principles and provisions of this Act. |
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| (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) the Minister may make regulations in respect of all or any of the following matters; -
| | (a) the regulation, control, supervision, direction, management and inspection of-
| | | (i) the cultivation and methods of cultivation of prescribed coconut plantations, |
| (ii) with the concurrence of the Minister In charge of Agriculture and Lands, the utilization of land in prescribed coconut plantations, including the utilization for other crops and for animal husbandry, |
| (iii) the cultivation of prescribed land with coconut, |
| (iv) with the concurrence of the Minister in charge of Foreign and Internal Trade the manufacture, packing, storing transport and sale of any coconut product, |
| (v) with the concurrence of the Minister in charge of Foreign and Internal Trade, the purchase, sale, transport, storing, import and export of any coconut product; |
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| | (b) prescribing standards of quality to which all manufacturers or shippers of a specified coconut product shall conform; | | |
| | (c) prescribing the manner in which all manufacturers of a specified coconut product shall dispose of effluent and waste; | | |
| | (d) the inspection, supervision, regulation and control of factories, stores, yards, buildings, premises, equipment and machinery used or to be used for the manufacture, packing or storing of any coconut product; | | |
| | (e) prescribing the methods, techniques, processes and equipment that shall be used by all manufacturers of a specified coconut product; | | |
| | (f) the regulation of the price at which any dealer, manufacturer, importer or shipper shall buy and sell any coconut product; | | |
| | (g) the prohibition of the manufacture or shipment of any coconut product except by a manufacturer or shipper registered under section 23 (1) (a) of this Act; | | |
| | (h) the prohibition of the export of any coconut product except upon a licence issued under section 23 (1) (h) of this Act; | | |
| | (i) the disposal of the assets and liabilities of any Board established under this Act; | | |
| | (j) the cultivation of land with coconut, and the cultivation and utilization of land in any coconut plantation, on a collective basis; | | |
| | (k) the assigning, to any Board or the Authority constituted under this Act, of the function and power of enforcing any one or more, or any part, of the regulations made under this section; | | |
| | (l) all matters which are required by this Act to be prescribed, or in respect of which regulations are required to be made; | | |
| | (m) all matters incidental to or connected with the matters referred to in this sub-section. | | |
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| (3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication, or on such later date as may be specified therein. |
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| (4) Every regulation made by the Minister shall, as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette, be brought before the House of Representatives for approval. Any regulation which is not so approved snail be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of disapproval, but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder. |
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| (5) Any person who contravenes or attempts to contravene the provisions of any regulation, made under this Act and approved by the House of Representatives shall be guilty" of an offence under this Act. |
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