Regulations of sugar cane purchases by manufacturers

(1) From and after the commencement of this Act, no manufacturer shall purchase, or take delivery of any sugar cane except from the cane farmers appearing in the Cane Farmer Register. (2) From and after the commencement of this Act, no person shall sell or deliver any sugarcane to a manufacturer unless his name appears in the Cane Farmer Register for the particular crop in which the cane is delivered. (3) No delivery of sugar cane to any manufacturer shall be made by registered cane farmers except in accordance with a Sugar Industry Act 23 programme of deliveries agreed upon by the manufacturers and the Cane Harvesting Committee established under section 17(1) (k). (4) Every manufacturer shall, during the grinding season, pay for the sugar content of all clean and mature sugarcane cut and delivered to him by registered cane farmers in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (5) Where any manufacturer intends to accept the deliveries of sugar cane, it shall be paid for at the current price of sugar cane less any deduction which may be duly authorised by any registered association or consented to by any cane farmer. (6) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars and, if such person is a registered cane farmer, shall further be liable to the cancellation or suspension of his registration by the SCPC for such period as the SCPC may determine.