Regulations by the Board

(1) The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make Regulations generally for the control of the sugar cane industry and for giving better effect to the provisions of this Act, and 46 without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such Regulations may provide for any or all of the following namely– (a) prescribing the forms of licences, applications, reports, returns or documents to be issued by, submitted to, or made by or on behalf of the Board or any of the bodies operating under the supervision of the Board as provided in Part II; (b) prescribing the records to be kept and the returns to be made by any person required to do so in virtue of this Act; (c) specifying and approving the detailed mechanism of the core sampling method of testing sugar content in sugar canes as; (d) establishing the standards of sucrose content of sugar canes or the juices expressed there from as recommended by the SCQCA; (e) requiring every registered cane farmer to produce his certificate of registration to deliver sugar cane to manufacturers at the time of such sale or at any time as may be specified (f) requiring every cane farmer to produce his certificate of registration to manufacturers or to such other persons as may be specified by (g) prescribing any other thing required to be prescribed under this Act; or (h) any other matter as may be determined by the Board from time to time as may be necessary Sugar Industry Act 47 or expedient for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act. (2) Any Regulations made by the Board under sub-section (1) may provide that a contravention or breach thereof shall be punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and period of imprisonment, and in addition, by a fine of five hundred dollars for every day the offence continues. (3) All Regulations made by the Board under this section shall be laid before the National Assembly as soon as may be after the making thereof and shall be subject to negative resolution.