Section 12: Planting of tobacco
consolidated text (as at 2005). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
12. Planting of tobacco
(1) No person shall—
(a) sow, plant, grow or cultivate tobacco on any land; or
(b) allow tobacco to be sown or planted or to grow or to be cultivated on land in his occupation,
unless he is a producer, and is in possession of a certificate for the current
year.
(2) No producer shall—
(a) cultivate tobacco on a land on which any other crop is being
raised; or
(b) raise any other crop on land on which tobacco is planted,
unless he has obtained the written permission of the Board.
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(3) Any person who contravenes this section shall commit an offence.