Section 27: Purchase of leaf tobacco by Board
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27. Purchase of leaf tobacco by Board
(1) Subject to this section, the Board shall purchase all leaf tobacco tendered to it by a producer.
(2) The Board may refuse to purchase, or may fix a special price for, leaf
tobacco produced in excess of the quota allotted to a producer under section 17, but all that leaf tobacco shall be delivered to the Board.
(3) (a) The Board may refuse to purchase leaf tobacco tendered to the
Board after such date as the Board may fix as the last date for the tender to
it of leaf tobacco of the season, and any producer who is found in possession of any green or leaf tobacco after that date shall commit an offence and
the green tobacco or leaf tobacco shall be seized by the Board.
(b) Where a producer, owing to any circumstances beyond his control which render it impossible for him to harvest his tobacco in time, fails to
tender his leaf tobacco to the Board within the period fixed, the Board may
extend the period.
(4) Producers shall deliver their leaf tobacco at a warehouse in such
manner and condition as may be prescribed, and, on delivery, the leaf tobacco shall be consigned to grades by an officer.
(5) (a) The Board shall purchase all leaf tobacco according to grade.
(b) The grades and the prices for leaf tobacco may be fixed by the
Board, and any alteration to them other than any special prices the Board
may fix for the purchase of leaf tobacco produced in excess of the quota
allotted to a producer, shall be published in the Gazette 2 weeks prior to
their coming into operation.
(6) (a) A producer who is dissatisfied with the decision of a grading officer regarding the grade of leaf tobacco delivered, or the condition or manner
in which the leaf tobacco is delivered, may appeal to the Board or to a committee appointed by the Board, against the decision in such manner and
within such period as may be prescribed.
(b) Pending the decision of the Board or committee, the leaf tobacco
shall be stored at the producer’s risk, and the Board shall not be responsible
for any loss or damage due to the excessive moisture content of the leaf tobacco or any cause beyond the control of the Board.
(c) The decision of the Board or of the committee, on any such appeal, shall be final.
(7) The acceptance of a receiving slip by a producer shall be an acceptance of the decision of the grading officer, and no appeal shall in such a
case lie against such decision.
(8) Payments for leaf tobacco delivered by producers shall be made in
such manner as the Board may determine.
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Tobacco Production and Marketing Act