Control of local sales

(1) If the Minister, after consultation with the Board, considers it in the public interest to do so he may, by Order under his hand, require any producer or any processor to reserve for sale for consumption in Belize any portion of the citrus produced or processed by him and may, by Order published in the Gazette, fix, with due regard to the world market prices, the price or prices at which such citrus or processed fruit is sold. sales. (2) Any person who fails to comply with any Order issued under this section commits an offence.