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The National Cereals and Produce Board (Movement of Maize, Wheat and Scheduled Agricultural Produce) Regulations

Legal Notice 198 of 1987

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The National Cereals and Produce Board (Movement of Maize, Wheat and Scheduled Agricultural Produce) Regulations
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Legal Notice 198 of 1987
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National Cereals and Produce Board Act
Date
31 December 2022
Language
English
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LAWS OF KENYA

NATIONAL CEREALS AND PRODUCE BOARD ACT

THE NATIONAL CEREALS AND PRODUCE BOARD (MOVEMENT OF MAIZE, WHEAT AND SCHEDULED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE) REGULATIONS

LEGAL NOTICE 198 OF 1987

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. LXXXIX—No. 30 on 24 July 1987
  • Commenced on 28 November 1986
  1. [Amended by National Cereals and Produce Board (Movement of Maize, Wheat and Scheduled Agricultural Produce) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989 (Legal Notice 130 of 1989) on 14 April 1989]
  2. [Amended by National Cereals and Produce Board (Movement of Maize, Wheat and Scheduled Agricultural Produce) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 (Legal Notice 144 of 1991) on 12 April 1991]
  3. [Amended by National Cereals and Produce Board (Movement of Maize, Wheat and Scheduled Agricultural Produce) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (Legal Notice 412 of 1993) on 31 December 1993]
  4. [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
1.These Regulations may be cited as the National Cereals Produce Board (Movement of Maize, Wheat and Scheduled Agricultural Produce) Regulations and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 28th November, 1986.
2.In these Regulations, "movement", in relation to maize, wheat or scheduled agricultural produce, includes drive or be in charge of any pack of animal, vehicle, train or vessel on or in which the maize, wheat or scheduled agricultural produce is being transported.
3.(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), no person shall move any maize, wheat scheduled agricultural produce or any product produced therefrom, maize or wheat flour or any other maize or wheat product as a head load or by pack animal, vehicle, train or vessel and no owner of any maize, wheat scheduled agricultural produce or any product produced therefrom, maize or wheat flour or any other maize or wheat product shall cause or permit the same to be moved except under and in accordance with a permit issued by the Board in writing (whether named or specified by reference to his office or to his duties or functions in a particular place) for the purpose.
(2)The provisions of subparagraph (1) shall not apply to—
(a)the movement of maize, wheat or scheduled agricultural produce within boundaries of the farm on which the maize, wheat or scheduled farm produce was produced;
(b)deleted by L.N. 412/1993, r. 2;
(bb)the movement of maize or wheat flour not exceeding ninety kilograms in weight and accompanied by the owner;
(c)the movement of certified seed maize, certified seed wheat or scheduled agricultural produce.
[L.N. 130/1989, rr. 2, 3, L.N. 508/1990, Corr. No. 4/1991, L.N. 144/1991, L.N. 80/1992, L.N. 412/1993.]
4.(1) Any person moving any maize, wheat scheduled agricultural produce or any product produced therefrom, maize or wheat flour or any other maize or wheat product under authority of a permit granted under these Regulations shall carry the permit with the maize, wheat scheduled agricultural produce or any product produced therefrom, maize or wheat flour or any other maize or wheat product and shall produce the same on request of any public officer or authorized officer.
(2)A permit issued in respect of maize, wheat scheduled agricultural produce or any product produced therefrom, maize or wheat flour or any other maize or wheat product to be transported by the Kenya Railways Corporation shall be handed by the permit holder to the station master at the forwarding station and shall be retained by the station master.[L.N. 130/1989, r. 2.]
5.No maize, wheat scheduled agricultural produce or any product produced therefrom, maize or wheat flour or any other maize or wheat product shall be moved between the hours of half-past six in the evening and half-past six the following morning except by train operated by the Kenya Railways Corporation, or the permit issued by the Board specifically for and limited to such movement.[L.N. 130/1989, r. 2(a).]
6.Any person who contravenes any of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings or to an imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
7.The National Cereals and Produce Board (Movement of Maize, Wheat and Scheduled Agricultural Produce) Regulations, 1986 (L.N. 288/1986) are repealed.
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