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| (1) No person shall be issued a permit for the export of tea unless the Commissioner is satisfied that-
| | (a) such person has been registered as an exporter of tea for the purposes of this Act; | | |
| | (b) such tea-
| | | (i) has been sold at a Colombo tea auction; or |
| (ii) is tea produced in Ceylon by the English and Scottish Joint Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd. and intended for export from Ceylon by that Society; or |
| (iii) has been produced in an approved estate and-
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| | (c) such tea is of a quality suitable for export; and | | |
| | (d) such person has not contravened any provision of this Act. | | |
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| (2) Where any tea is to be exported from Ceylon for sale at a London tea auction, the Commissioner shall state that fact in the permit under this section authorizing the export of that tea. |
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| (3) Every application for a permit under this section shall be in the prescribed form. |
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| (4) Where a person to whom a permit is issued under this section contravenes any provision of this Act, the Commissioner may revoke that permit. |
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| (5) The Commissioner shall communicate or cause to be communicated in writing to the person concerned the decision of the Commissioner to refuse the issue of a permit for the export of tea or to revoke such a permit. |
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| (6) No person shall be registered as an exporter of tea by the Commissioner for the purposes of this Act-
| | (a) unless the Commissioner is satisfied that such person-
| | | (i) has an adequate organization, sufficient financial resources and suitable premises for engaging in the business of an exporter of tea, and |
| (ii) has not contravened any provision of this Act; and |
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| | (b) except upon an application made in that behalf by such person to the Commissioner in the prescribed form. | | |
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| (7) The Commissioner may cancel the registration of any person as an exporter of tea if he is satisfied that such person-
| | (a) has ceased to have an adequate organization, sufficient financial resources or suitable premises for carrying on the business of an exporter of tea, or | | |
| | (b) has contravened any provision of this Act. | | |
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| (8) The Commissioner shall communicate or cause to be communicated in writing to the person concerned the decision of the Commissioner to refuse registration as an exporter of tea or to cancel such registration. |
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| (9) The Commissioner shall, in respect of each approved estate, determine and notify in writing to the owner of that estate the maximum quantity of tea from that estate which may be exported from Ceylon during any period specified by the Commissioner in the notification. |
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| (10) Any quantity of tea which forms part of the maximum quantity of tea determined for any period under subsection (9) in respect of an approved estate shall, for the purposes of subsection (1), be an approved quantity of tea in respect of that estate for that period. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts