Section 40: Registration of factories and plantations

40. Registration of factories and plantations (1) Every miller shall, not later than 31 May, register his factory with the Board and shall furnish, at the time of registration, such information as the Board may require. (2) Subject to subsection (3), every planter or métayer shall, not later than 31 May, register with the Board all his cane plantations for the following crop year and shall declare in respect of each cane plantation registered in his name— (a) the area of land which he has under cane cultivation; and (b) the area which he intends harvesting during that crop year. (2A) — (2B) — (2C) Where any change occurs in respect of the area of land which a planter or métayer has under cane cultivation or the area which he intends to harvest during a crop year, the planter or métayer shall inform the Board of the change. S54 – 19 [Issue 10] Sugar Insurance Fund Act (3) Where a planter or a métayer fails to register his cane plantations under subsection (2), he may register his cane plantations with the Board on payment of a late registration fee of 100 rupees, together with a surcharge of 10 rupees for every hectare or part thereof which he intends harvesting on those plantations. (4) The Board may require a planter or métayer to furnish a certificate signed by a land surveyor in support of any declaration made by him under this section. (5) Where a husband and wife, married under the system of community of goods and property, own cane plantations, those cane plantations shall be registered in the joint names of the husband and wife. (6) Cane plantations owned by 2 or more planters in undivided ownership or jointly leased by them shall be registered in their joint names. [S. 40 amended by s. 12 of Act 44 of 1989 w.e.f. 1 June 1988; s. 15 of Act 7 of 2007 w.e.f. 2 June 2007; s. 10 of Act 1 of 2012 w.e.f. 12 May 2012, s. 56 of Act 10 of 2017 w.e.f. 21 April 2017.]