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| (1) The Minister may, subject to the provisions of sections 17, 18, 19, subsection (2) of this section, and section 21, by Order published in the Gazette, on the recommendation of the Council, declare a certification mark which has been accepted in respect of a standard specification approved by it for any commodity or product or for the manufacture, production, processing or treatment of any commodity or product to be, with effect from a date specified in the Order, a compulsory certification mark in respect for that commodity or product or for the manufacture, production, processing or treatment of that commodity or product and may in like manner abolish or amend any such mark. |
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| (2) If the Order proposed to be made under subsection (1) relates to any commodity or product, or the manufacture, production, processing or treatment of any commodity or product, which is the subject matter of any other written law, the Order shall be made by the Minister after consultation with the Minister to whom the subject or function of such other law has been assigned. |
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| (3) The date specified in any Order under subsection (1) shall be a date not earlier than three months from the date of the Order. |
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| (4) An Order made under subsection (1) may, by a subsequent Order published in the Gazette, be revoked or amended. |
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