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Agricultural Products Levy Act (Cap. 232).

Country/Territory
Zambia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1957 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the payment and collection of levies on certain agricultural products and for matters incidental thereto.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Agricultural development Financial agricultural measures Special fund
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

A producer shall pay a levy on an agricultural product produced by him at such rate as the Minister may, subject to the provisions of subsection (4), prescribe. "Agricultural product" means: (a) dry maize on or off the cob, milk and butterfat; and (b) any other animal or any thing whatsoever which is produced in the course of agriculture declared, pursuant to subsection (2) of section 5, by the Minister, by statutory order, to be an agricultural product for the purposes of this Act. The Minister

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