Rubber Dealers Act

"licence" means a licence under this Act and

"licensee" means the person to whom such licence is given;

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"licensed dealer" means a person holding a licence to purchase rubber;

"licensing officer" means any person appointed by

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in that behalf;

"rubber" includes the leaves, bark, latex or any other produce of any plant or tree yielding rubber or gutta percha in any form;

"to tap" with its grammatical variations and cog-nate expressions means to extract rubber by any means;

"to treat" with its grammatical variations and cog-nate expressions means to subject to any process whatever.

No person shall, unless duly licensed in that behalf, tap rubber on State land, purchase rubber, or keep any place for the treatment and storage of rubber:

Provided that a licence to tap rubber includes the right to treat the same, and a licence to purchase rubber includes the right to keep a place to store the same.

4of 1920

(Cap. 64 of 1951)

S.99/59

Short title

Interpre-tation 3

Collection, purchase and storage to be under rubber licence

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Licences

Dealers to

, keep books

Receipts to be given to vendors

Rubber on alienated land

Subject to such fees as His Majesty in Council may by rule from time to time direct, the licensing officer may issue licences to tap rubber on State land, to purchase rubber, or to store and treat rubber.

Every licence shall be for one year or such shor-ter period as the licensing officer may determine.

No licence shall be transferable.

Every licensed dealer shall keep books of account in which shall be entered the date of purchase of any rubber, the name and address of the seller, the weight and descrip-tion of rubber purchased, and the price.

Every licensee shall on the demand of any licens-ing officer produce for inspection all books kept by him under the provisions of this section and allow copies to be made.

Every such book shall be preserved by the licen-see for one year from the date of its last being used for the making of any entry therein.

Every licens~d dealer shall deliver to every person from whom he purchases rubber a receipt showing the date of purchase, the name of the vendor, and the weight and description of the rubber purchased.

Every person who cultivates rubber on alienated land shall before he commences to tap such rubber inform the licensing officer, who shall if necessary visit the land and shall issue to such person a certificate showing the number of the title, the name of the owner, and the number of trees being tapped, and shall indorse from time to time on such certificate any alterations that may be required.

Any person contravening this section shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $250.

Except as provided in section 7 any person contraven-Penalties ing this Act shall be liable to a fine of $1,000 and any person contravening the provisions of any rules made under this

Act shall be liable to a fine of $500.

prescribing the fees to be paid for licences;

prescribing the form of licences and certi-ficates under this Act;

for regulating or controlling the methods of treating rubber;

generally for carrying into effect the provi-sions of this Act.