Rubber Control Act. Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Legislation Date 1956 (1966) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the registration of rubber plantations and the proprietors thereof, for the control of the planting and replanting of rubber, the possession, sale and purchase of rubber, and the exportation of rubber seed and such parts of the rubber plants as are capable of being used for propagation, for the imposition of an export duty on rubber, for the establishment of a Rubber Advisory Board, and for matters connected therewith. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural commodities Agricultural development Authorization/permit Registration Plant production Planting material/seeds International trade Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract The appointed Controller shall have all lands where rubber is cultivated and the landowners registered in a registrar; registered owners shall inform monthly the Controller on the rubber amount produced and sold in the prior month and on the rubber stock still in possession on the last day of the preceding month. The Controller shall grant permits for the planting or replanting of rubber to the landowners and licenses to dealer for selling rubber and to manufacturer for processing it. Exportation shall be carried out under a permit and an export tax levied. Full text English References - Legislation Amended by Rubber Control (Amendment) Act. Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1983 Keyword: Agricultural commodities, International trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX