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| (1) The Board 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, but without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), the Board may make regulations in respect of all or any of the following matters:
| | (a) a scheme for subsidizing with moneys of the Central Tea Fund the replanting and rehabilitation of estates and small holdings and for subsidizing with moneys of that Fund the diversification of estates and small holdings by the replacement of tea on such estates and small holdings by other crops or livestock farming; | | |
| | (b) a scheme for subsidizing with moneys of that Fund the improvement, modernization and construction of tea factories; | | |
| | (c) a scheme for subsidizing with moneys of that Fund the marketing of green tea leaf of estates and small holdings; | | |
| | (d) a scheme to regulate the sale of tea, including the conduct of tea auctions; | | |
| | (e) a scheme to regulate the export of tea and all arrangements relating to its shipping and freight; | | |
| | (f) a scheme to assist and encourage the marketing of tea in and outside Ceylon; | | |
| | (g) a scheme to regulate the establishment and operation of tea factories, including factories for the manufacture of instant tea; | | |
| | (h) the establishment and regulation of provident funds, gratuity schemes, medical aid schemes, and other welfare schemes for all or any of the officers and servants employed for the purpose of this Act and their dependants; | | |
| | (i) such conditions, prohibitions or other provisions as may be necessary for securing the due operation and enforcement of the regulations ; | | |
| | (j) the provision that the contravention of, or the failure to comply with, any such regulation, and the furnishing of false information or returns to the Board or its officers or servants, shall be an offence triable summarily by a Magistrate, and that the punishment for such offence shall be a fine of an amount not exceeding one thousand rupees, or imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months, or both such fine and imprisonment. | | |
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| | (a) No regulations made by the Board shall have effect except with the approval of the Minister given, in the case of every such regulation relating to any of the matters referred to in section 5 (2), with the concurrence of the Minister of Agriculture. Every regulation so approved 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. | | |
| | (b) Every regulation made by the Board and approved by the Minister shall, as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette, be brought before the Senate and the House of Representatives for approval. Every regulation which is not so approved, shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date 'of disapproval, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts