CAP. 307]
Pearl Culture (Control)
[1984 Ed.
Originally 26 of 1958.
14 of 1959.
32 of 1960.
41 of 1980.
L.N. 140 of 1980
G.N.A. 30/59.
Short title.
Interpretation.
Schedule.
Production in evidence of type specimens of pearl oysters.
CHAPTER 307
PEARL CULTURE (CONTROL)
To conserve the resources of pearl oysters in the Colony and to regulate the culture of pearls.
[15 May 1959.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Pearl Culture (Control) Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
"cultivation area" means any area declared under section 5 to be an area within which live pearl oysters may be kept for the culture of pearls therein;
"cultivate" in relation to pearl oysters includes any operation for the purpose of promoting the propagation or growth of such oysters; (Amended, 32 of 1960, s. 2)
"culture" in relation to pearl oysters includes any operation directed to the propagation of pearls in pearl oysters by the process of inserting foreign bodies into such oysters in order to promote therein the formation of pearls;
"Director" means the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries;
"licensee" means the holder of a licence issued for the purposes of this Ordinance by the Director under the hand of a public officer appointed by him so to do;
"pearl oyster" means any genus or species of oyster specified in the Schedule; (Replaced, 32 of 1960, s. 2)
"process" means the extraction of pearls from pearl oysters and any subsequent operation, including polishing, leading to the preparation of the extracted pearl for marketing;
"raft" includes any device or structure used or intended to be used for the cultivation of pearl oysters;
"vessel" means any ship, junk, sampan, boat or other description of craft within the waters of the Colony, but does not include registered ocean-going ships nor any ships or vessels belonging to Her Majesty or the Government of any foreign power or the Government of any Commonwealth Country or the Government of the Republic of Ireland.
3. (1) The Director may keep in his custody in sealed bottles type specimens of pearl oysters which when produced by the Director or on his behalf in any court shall be presumed, without further proof, to be type specimens of such oysters.