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| (1) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Act. |
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| (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations in respect of all or any of the following matters:-
| | (a) scheme for subsidizing with monies of the Fund the replanting of tea estates and tea small holdings or scheme for subsidizing with monies of the Fund the replanting of rubber estates and rubber small holdings; | | |
| | (b) scheme for subsidizing with monies of the Fund the rehabilitation of tea estates and tea small holdings; | | |
| | (c) scheme for subsidizing with monies of the Fund the marketing of green tea leaf of tea estates and tea small holdings; | | |
| | (d) scheme for subsidizing with monies of the Fund the manufacture of made tea from such green tea leaf; | | |
| | (e) all matters stated or required in this Act to be prescribed; and | | |
| | (f) the establishment and regulation of a provident fund or scheme for the payment of gratuities to all or any of the officers and servants employed for the purposes of this Act and their dependants. | | |
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| (3) Regulations in respect of any scheme referred to in paragraph (a), paragraph (b), paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of subsection (2) may-
| | (a) contain such conditions, prohibitions and other provisions as may be necessary for securing the due operation and enforcement of the scheme; and | | |
| | (b) declare the contravention of, or the failure to comply with, any provisions of the regulations, and the furnishing of false information or returns to the Tea Controller to be an offence triable summarily by a Magistrate and specify as punishment for such offence a fine of an amount not exceeding one thousand rupees or a term of imprisonment of either description not exceeding six months or both such fine and such imprisonment. | | |
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| (4) All regulations shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on such date as may be specified in the regulations, or, if no date is so specified, upon such publication, and shall, as soon as practicable after such publication, be brought before the Senate and the House of Representatives for approval. Where any regulation is not approved either by the Senate or by the House of Representatives, it shall be deemed to be rescinded and the rescission shall take effect on the date on which the regulation is not approved. |
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| (5) The validity of anything done under a regulation shall not be affected by the subsequent rescission of the regulation under subsection (4). |
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| (6) Notification of the date on which the rescission of a regulation under subsection (4) takes effect shall be published in the Gazette. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts