Produce Export Act [Chapter 18:17].
Country
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Abstract
This Act provides for the grading of agricultural produce destined for exportation. No person shall export, or cause or permit to be exported any produce unless or until such produce has been inspected and graded by an inspector and thereafter branded in the manner prescribed by regulation. The Controller, being an officer appointed by the Minister of Agriculture for purposes of this Act may issue written authority for the export of produce without inspection or grading under section 4. "Produce" shall be any article produced by any farming operation and declared by the President as produce for the purposes of this Act pursuant to section 2. Sections 5 and 6 specify regulation making powers of the President. Other provisions prescribe offences and penalties and deal with miscellaneous matters.
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Long title of text
An Act to provide for the grading of agricultural produce and any such processed produce which is to be exported from Zimbabwe for the purposes of sale, for the prohibition and regulation of the methods of processing produce, for the prohibition and regulation of export of such produce and for matters incidental to the foregoing.
Notes
Consolidated version of Ordinance No. 4 of 1921 as inserted by Act No. 22 of 2001 coming into effect on 10 September 2002.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No