Manufacturers’ returns

(1) Every manufacturer shall after the end of each crop year and not later than 30th September in each year make a return to the Board, in such form as may be prescribed by the Boards, showing– (a) the tons of sugar cane received by him from each cane farmer for manufacture into sugar, ethanol or any other derivative of sugar cane, during the preceding crop year; (b) the tons of sugar manufactured by him during the preceding crop year for the purpose of being exported and the tons of sugar manufactured by him for consumption in Belize; and (c) his estimate of the tons of sugar to be manufactured by him in the next following year. (2) Every manufacturer who fails to comply with section (1), commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months. Sugar Industry Act 39