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Prohibition

of importa- tion of coffca

except under licence.

Application for licences in respect of coffee imported fredo & cously participating

in the

Agreement. First

Schedule.

Application

for certi- ficate of re-export. Second Schedals.

Retention

by Director

of documents

und coples.

Exceptions

Penalty.

Amendment

of First

and Second Schedules by Director.

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4. No person shall import any coffee into the Colony except under and in accordance with an import licence granted by the Director.

5. (1) Any person applying for an import licence in respect of coffee imported from any of those countries participating in the Agree ment and set out in the First Schedule hereto shall produce to the Director a certificate of origin or such other document which in the opinion of the Director satisfies the terms of the Agreement with such copies thereof as the Director may require relating to the coffee in respect of which the application is made.

(2) The Director may call for such other documents with copier thereof as he may require in connexion with any application under paragraph (1).

6. Any person having imported coffee and wishing to re-export it shall produce to the Director a certificate of re-export duly completed in the form set out in the Second Schedule bereto with such variations as the Director may prescribe together with such copies thereof as the Director may require.

7. All such documents and copies thereof as are required by the Director to comply with the terms of the Agreement and these regula- tions may be retained by him.

B. The provisions of these regulations shall not apply to- (a) coffee imported for consumption on ships, aeroplanes and other

international carriers; and

(b) samples and parcels up to the limit of 300 kilogrammes net of green coffee or the equivalent thereof (namely 252 kilogrammes of roasted coffee, 100 kilogrammes of soluble or liquid coffee, 600 kilogrammes of coffee berries or 375 kilogrammes of parch ment coffee).

9. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of regulations 4, 5 and 6 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars and imprisonment not exceeding one year,

10. The Director may by order published in the Gazette amend the Est of countries participating in the Agreement in the First Schedule bereto and the form of the certificate of re-export in the Second Schedule.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE AGREEMENT.

Importing.

Argentina Australia

Austria

Belgium

Canada.

Exporting.

Brazil

Buruodi

Cameroon

Ceotal African Republic

Colombia

Congolese Republic

Cuba

Denmark

Germany (Federal Republic)

Finland

Congo (Republic of)

Costa Rica

France

Japan Luxemburg

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Tunisia

Dahomey

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

Gabon

Ghana

Guatemala

Haiti

U.S.S.R.

India

United Kingdom

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USA

Indonesia

Ivory Coast Madagascar

Mexico Nicaragua

Nigeria

Panama

Peru

[reg. 5.]

Portugal Oncluding Angola, Macau

and Timor)

Rwanda

Sierra LeonC

Tanzania

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

Venezuela