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| (1) The Director shall have the power-
| | (a) at any reasonable time, to enter any place where he believes fertilizer are manufactured, formulated, stored or distributed and inspect any equipment, storage facilities, raw-materials and finished products found therein; | | |
| | (b) to stop and board any vehicle and to make such investigations thereon as may be necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act are being complied with ; | | |
| | (c) on his own motion or on. receipt of any complaint or request in writing by any person, to take samples for analysis from any variety of fertilizer found in any place of manufacture, formulation, storage or distribution or on board any vehicle and cause such samples to be analysed in the prescribed manner at a laboratory approved by the Director, by an officer authorized in writing by the Director, for analysis of fertilizer for the purposes of this Act; | | |
| | (d) to seize and detain any adulterated fertilizer found in contravention of the provisions of section 15 (1) ; and | | |
| | (e) to require any importer, manufacturer, formulator or distributor of fertilizer by notice in writing, to furnish him, within such period as shall be specified, in such notice, with all such information as may be necessary for the discharge of his functions under this Act. | | |
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| (2) For the purpose of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) the method of taking samples for analysis would be the method for sampling fertilizer given in Sri Lanka Standard 559 of 1982, UDC 631.8 : 620.113 and determined by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution established by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution Act, No. 6 of 1984. |
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| (3) It shall be the duty of any person who is required to furnish any information by a notice under paragraph (e) of subsection (1) to comply with such requirement within such time as shall be specified in the notice, except where such person is precluded from divulging such information under the provisions of any other law. |
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