Section 26: Establishment of warehouses and stores

26. Establishment of warehouses and stores (1) The Board may establish and maintain, at such place as it thinks convenient, warehouses where all leaf tobacco shall be received from producers, and the Board may acquire such machinery and equipment for any warehouse as it thinks necessary. (2) The Board may establish and maintain such stores as it thinks necessary for the storage of leaf tobacco prior to sale, and for the storage of leaf tobacco on behalf of manufacturers pending payment of excise duty on it, and the Board may acquire such machinery and equipment for such stores as it thinks necessary. (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Board may, whenever it does not require its warehouses or stores for the purposes specified in those subsections, rent such stores or warehouses for such other purposes and on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit. [S. 26 amended by Act 28 of 1997.] [Issue 1] T10 – 12 Revised Laws of Mauritius