Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1936

Licences under Part IV.

27.—(1) The Minister may, for the purposes of this Part of this Act, grant licences authorising the doing of anything the doing of which is declared by any section contained in this Part of this Act to be unlawful unless done under and in accordance with a licence in that behalf granted by the Minister under this Part of this Act.

(2) Any licence under this section may be granted subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks proper and specifies in such licence, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing—

(a) in the case of a licence to sell maize or maize meal, a condition that such maize or maize meal shall not be sold by the holder of such licence except to a person who is the holder of a licence granted by the Minister under this section authorising him to purchase maize or maize meal;

(b) in the case of a licence to purchase maize, a condition that such maize shall not be purchased by the holder of such licence except from a person who is the holder of a licence granted by the Minister under this section authorising him to sell maize.

(3) The Minister may at any time revoke a licence granted under this section.