Cement (Amendment) Act, 1938

Import (cement) licences.

14.—(1) On the application of any person made in such form and containing such particulars as the Minister may direct, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, issue to such person a licence (in this Part of this Act referred to as an import (cement) licence) to import within a specified period a specified quantity of cement.

(2) Whenever the Minister issues an import (cement) licence to import cement he may attach to such licence any one or more of the following conditions, that is to say:—

(a) a condition that such cement shall be of a specified kind;

(b) a condition that such cement shall be imported from a specified country;

(c) a condition that such cement shall be cement manufactured in a specified country;

(d) a condition that such cement shall be imported at a specified port or place or by a specified route;

(e) a condition that such cement shall not be imported in more than a specified number of consignments;

(f) such other conditions as he thinks fit.

(3) Whenever the Minister attaches any conditions to an import (cement) licence, he shall specify such conditions in such licence.

(4) Whenever the Minister attaches to an import (cement) licence any conditions, the Minister may at the request of the licensee delete or alter all or any one or more of such conditions.

(5) Every person who, for the purpose of obtaining for himself or any other person an import (cement) licence, makes any statement or representation which is to his knowledge false or misleading in any material respect shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds.