Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961

Prohibition of export and import of milk and milk products.

57.—(1) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order prohibit, save under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Act, the exportation from the State of milk and milk products.

(2) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order prohibit, save under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Act, the importation into the State of milk and milk products.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, an order under that subsection may relate to the exportation generally or to any specified country or countries or by any specified method or methods of milk and milk products or any specified class or kind (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as the Minister thinks fit) of milk or milk product.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) of this section, an order under that subsection, may relate to the importation generally or from any specified country or countries or by any specified method or methods of milk and milk products or any specified class or kind (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as the Minister thinks fit) of milk or milk product.

(5) Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, orders under those subsections may make provision for such matters as appear to the Minister necessary for securing the due enforcement of the orders.

(6) The Minister may by order revoke or amend an order under subsection (1) or (2) of this section or under this subsection.

(7) On the application of a 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 to import or a licence to export, either generally or from or to, as the case may be, a specified country or countries, milk and milk products or any specified class or kind of milk or milk product of which such exportation or importation, as the case may be, is prohibited by an order under subsection (1) or (2) of this section.

(8) Whenever the Minister issues a licence under this section he may attach to the licence such conditions as he shall think proper and shall specify in the licence.

(9) The Minister may revoke a licence issued under this section.

(10) A person who, for the purpose of obtaining for himself or any other person a licence under this section, 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 subsection and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

(11) In this section references to exportation and importation include reference to exportation and importation by the Board and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.