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Cotton Act, 1914

compliancecotton industrycotton seed importationenforcement

Jurisdiction: Zambia
Structure: 3 provisions
Citation: Act 4 of 1914
Dates: Source version 31 Dec 1996

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“This section gives the Act its short title: the Cotton Act.”

This section gives the Act its short title: the Cotton Act. The Minister may make statutory regulations about cotton diseases, cotton seed imports, and protection and control of the cotton industry, and may extend them to all or part of Zambia. Regulations may set penalties for breach, attempted breach, or non-observance, including up to three months’ imprisonment, a fine of 750 penalty units, or both.

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Short title ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

This section gives the Act its short title: the Cotton Act.

Section 1

Regulations ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1

The Minister may make statutory regulations about cotton diseases, cotton seed imports, and protection and control of the cotton industry, and may extend them to all or part of Zambia.

Section 2

Penalties ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

Regulations may set penalties for breach, attempted breach, or non-observance, including up to three months’ imprisonment, a fine of 750 penalty units, or both.

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§ 1Short title ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1Short title

This section gives the Act its short title: the Cotton Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cotton Act.

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§ 2Regulations ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1Amendment

The Minister may make statutory regulations about cotton diseases, cotton seed imports, and protection and control of the cotton industry, and may extend them to all or part of Zambia.

2. Regulations The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make regulations as to the following matters and may declare that such regulations or any of them shall apply to the whole of Zambia or to any part or parts thereof, namely: (a) to deal with diseases affecting cotton; (b) to regulate the importation of cotton seed; (c) generally for the protection and control of the cotton industry. [As amended by No. 47 of 1963 and G.N. No. 319 of 1964]

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§ 3Penalties ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1Amendment

Regulations may set penalties for breach, attempted breach, or non-observance, including up to three months’ imprisonment, a fine of 750 penalty units, or both.

3. Penalties Such regulations may provide penalties for their breach, attempted breach or non-observance, not exceeding imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term of three months or a ﬁne of seven hundred and ﬁfty penalty units, or both and, in addition to such penalties, may provide that any seed cotton or implement in respect of which a breach, attempted breach or non-observance of any regulation has been committed shall be conﬁscated or otherwise dealt with, with or without compensation; and where no penalty is imposed by regulation, then the breach or attempted breach or non-observance of any regulation shall be punishable to the extent aforesaid. [As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994] By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 1

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