Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1956
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FIRST SCHEDULE. Provisions having effect in relation to a Sale Season. | ||
1. In this Schedule— | ||
“the sale season” means the sale season appointed by the relevant order under section 2 of this Act; | ||
“wheat” means home-grown millable wheat harvested in the year in which that order was made; | ||
“authorised wheat purchaser” means a person authorised by that order to purchase wheat from the grower thereof; | ||
“licensed agent” means a person authorised by licence under that order to act as agent for the purchase of wheat. | ||
2. (1) A person shall not, during the sale season, sell or offer for sale, as artificially dried seed wheat, any wheat unless— | ||
(a) the moisture content of the wheat was, at the time of the sale, not more than sixteen per cent., and | ||
(b) the wheat has been kept properly stored by him. | ||
(2) Where the moisture content of wheat at the time of sale exceeds sixteen per cent., by not more than one-fifth of one per cent., it shall for the purpose of subparagraph (1) of this paragraph be regarded at that time as sixteen per cent. | ||
(3) A person shall not, during the sale season, sell or offer for sale, as seed, any wheat the germination of which for the time being is less than eighty-eight per cent. | ||
3. A person shall not, during the sale season, exchange any wheat or the product of any wheat for any other commodity or exchange any other commodity for any wheat or the product of any wheat. | ||
4. (1) An inspector may at all reasonable times enter on any premises as respects which he has reasonable grounds for believing that wheat is stored therein, whether for sale or otherwise, and inspect any wheat on such premises. | ||
(2) Every person who owns, or is employed in connection with, any business carried on in any premises on which wheat is stored, whether for sale or otherwise, shall afford to an inspector all reasonable facilities for the inspection and measurement of any stocks of wheat on the premises. | ||
5. (1) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, serve on any authorised wheat purchaser a notice requiring him to keep such records of purchases and sales of wheat by him as may be specified in the notice. | ||
(2) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, serve on any licensed agent a notice requiring him to keep such records of purchases of wheat in respect of which he acts as agent as may be specified in the notice. | ||
(3) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, serve on any authorised wheat purchaser a notice requiring him to furnish to the Minister, at such times as may be specified in the notice, periodical or other returns containing such particulars in relation to purchases and sales of wheat by him as may be specified in the notice. | ||
(4) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, serve on any licensed agent a notice requiring him to furnish to the Minister, at such times as may be specified in the notice, periodical or other returns containing such particulars in relation to purchases of wheat in respect of which he acts as agent as may be specified in the notice. | ||
(5) A notice under subparagraph (3) or subparagraph (4) of this paragraph may require any return thereunder to be in a form specified in the notice. | ||
(6) Where a notice under this paragraph is served on a person, he shall comply with the notice. | ||
(7) Every record kept in pursuance of a notice under this paragraph may be inspected at all reasonable times by an inspector and the person liable to keep the record and every person employed by him shall produce for inspection on demand the record and also all invoices, consignment notes, receipts and other documents (including copies thereof where the originals are not available) reasonably demanded by the inspector for the purpose of verifying any record or explaining any omission from the record. |