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| (1) The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 20 of the principal enactment, and shall have effect as section 20a and section 20b of that enactment: -
| | 20A. On and after such date as may be fixed in that behalf by the Minister by notification published in the Gazette, no person shall export any desiccated coconut from Ceylon except under the authority of a desiccated coconut general export licence or a desiccated coconut special export licence issued by the board. | | |
| | 20B. Regulations may be made for or in respect of all or any of the following matters: -
| | | (a) the regulation, inspection, supervision, and control of the manufacture, packing, transport, storing, and export of desiccated coconut; |
| (b) prescribing standards of quality to which all desiccated coconut manufactured shall conform ; |
| (c) ensuring that desiccated coconut exported from Ceylon is free from impurities, or foreign matter, and is of good quality; |
| (d) the inspection, supervision, regulation and control of factories, stores, buildings, equipment, and machinery used or to be used for the manufacture, packing, or storing of desiccated coconut; |
| (e) the issue, renewal, suspension, and cancellation of desiccated coconut general export licences and desiccated coconut special export licences, and the terms and conditions subject to which such general or special licences shall be issued, and the manner of disposal of desiccated coconut in respect of which such licences are refused; |
| (f) the registration of manufacturers or shippers of desiccated coconut, the terms and conditions subject to which such registration shall be effected, and the circumstances in which the registration of any such manufacturer or shipper may be renewed, suspended, or cancelled ; |
| (g) the prohibition of the manufacture or shipment of desiccated coconut except by registered manufacturers or shippers ; |
| (h) applications for registration as manufacturers or shippers of desiccated coconut, and prescribing forms for such applications ; |
| (i) the fees to be paid for the registration of manufacturers or shippers of desiccated coconut and for the issue of desiccated coconut general or special export licences, and the time and mode of payment of such fees ; |
| (j) appeals to the Minister against the refusal to register, or to renew the registration of, any person as a manufacturer or shipper of desiccated coconut, or against the suspension or cancellation of the registration of any manufacturer or shipper, or against the refusal, suspension, or cancellation of desiccated coconut general or special export licences; |
| (k) the manner in which such appeals to the Minister shall be preferred and disposed of, and the procedure to be followed at the hearing of such appeals ; |
| (l) the fees to be paid by persons, preferring appeals to the Minister, and the time and mode of payment of such fees |
| (m) the investigation of complaints made by importers regarding any desiccated coconut which has been exported from Ceylon ; and |
| (n) all matters incidental to or connected with the matters referred to in this subsection.". |
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| (2) Section 20b, inserted in the principal enactment by subsection (1) of this section, shall be deemed to have come into force on the date of commencement of the principal enactment and accordingly, the Desiccated Coconut (Manufacture and Export) Regulations, 1961, published in Gazette No. 12,400 of May 5, 1961, shall be deemed to have been duly made under the said section 20b, and to have been valid and effectual for all the purposes for which they were made. |
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