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Sri Lanka Tea Board Act (No. 14 of 1975).

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Legislation
Date
1976
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Act Supplement to Gazette of 11 April 1997, pp. 121-137.
Long title
A Law to provide for the establishment of the Sri Lanka Tea Board and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Subject
Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Coffee/cocoa/tea Agricultural commodities Beverages Plant production Institution Agricultural development Crops/grasses Special fund International trade
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

There shall be established a Tea Board as a body corporate under section 2. The Board shall promote, by measures, as it thinks fit, the development of the tea industry in Sri Lanka. It may: regulate the production and cultivation of tea; regulate the establishment of tea factories; regulate the conduct of tea auctions; regulate he sale and exportation of tea; assist in marketing of tea outside of Sri Lanka; conduct and encourage research, etc (sect. 4). There may be appointed a Tea Commissioner under section 9 who shall take on functions of tea controller and tea controller. There shall be established "Capital Fund" The Board may make Regulations in respect of a scheme for subsidising with moneys of the Capital Fund replanting and rehabilitation of estates and small holdings, and regulate all other matters specified in section 30. (31 sections)

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References - Legislation

Amended by

Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment)Act No. 17 of 1985.

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1975

Keyword: Coffee/cocoa/tea, Agricultural commodities, Plant production, Institution, Agricultural development, Crops/grasses, Special fund, International trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment) Act (No. 44 of 2006).

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2006

Keyword: Plant production, Institution, Agricultural development, Coffee/cocoa/tea

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment) Act (No. 17 of 1985).

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1975

Keyword: Coffee/cocoa/tea, Agricultural commodities, Beverages

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment) Act (No. 44 of 1990).

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1990

Keyword: Coffee/cocoa/tea, Agricultural commodities, Beverages

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment) Act (No. 13 of 2018).

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2018

Keyword: Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Institution, Plant production, Agricultural development, Coffee/cocoa/tea

Source: FAO, FAOLEX