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Produce Protection (Dealers) Rules (S.I. 32-1).

Country/Territory
Uganda
Document type
Regulation
Date
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Forestry, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Agricultural commodities Non-timber products Plant production Offences/penalties Coffee/cocoa/tea
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

These Rules, made under section 10 of the produce protection Act, require a licence to be obtained from the resident district commissioner for dealing in produce, which includes: (a) trees and plants which yield rubber; (b) coffee bearing plants and the seeds and fruit of those plants in any form other than ground or roasted coffee; (c) cocoa plants and trees and the seeds and pods of those plants and trees other than cocoa ground and ready for immediate consumption; (d) tea plants and cuttings and seeds; (e) leaf tobacco; (f) wheat grain; and (g) any other kinds of produce to which these Rules may be extended by Statutory Instrument. Licences shall be in the forms in the Schedule to these Rules and shall include conditions specified in these Rules. The Rules also prohibit the purchase of any wet rubber without a licence specially endorsed for this purpose.

Full text
English
Website
www.kituochakatiba.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Produce Protection Act (Cap. 32).

Legislation | Uganda | 1913 (2000)

Keyword: Agricultural commodities, Plant production, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX