Rubber Industry Act |
(CHAPTER 280) |
(Original Enactment: Act 37 of 1973)
REVISED EDITION 1985 |
(30th March 1987) |
An Act for the regulation and control of the manufacture of technically specified rubber and the packing and shipping of rubber for export and for matters connected therewith. |
[1st January 1974] |
Short title |
1. This Act may be cited as the Rubber Industry Act. |
Interpretation |
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
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No person to pack or ship rubber or manufacture technically specified rubber unless duly licensed for the purpose |
Application for a licence |
4.—(1) An application for a licence shall be made to the Association in the prescribed form and manner and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
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Period of licence |
5. A licence shall expire on 31st December of the year in which it is granted and may be renewed for the following year. [12/79] |
Renewal of licence |
6.—(1) An application for the renewal of a licence shall be made to the Association one month before the expiry of the licence.
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False statement |
7. No person shall in connection with an application for a licence or for the renewal of a licence wilfully make a statement false or misleading in a material particular knowing it to be false or misleading or wilfully omit to state any matter or thing without which the application is misleading in a material respect. |
Inspection of premises and display of licence |
8.—(1) Every holder of a licence shall cause the licence to be framed and exhibited in a conspicuous place on the premises in which the holder of the licence is carrying on the business of packing rubber for export or shipping rubber for export or manufacturing technically specified rubber, as the case may be.
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Association may in certain circumstances call upon a person to show cause why his licence should not be cancelled |
9.—(1) If it appears to the Association that the holder of a licence has contravened any of the provisions of this Act or any of the rules made thereunder the Association may call upon the holder of the licence in the manner prescribed to show cause why his licence should not be cancelled.
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Appeal from decision of Association |
10.—(1) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Association given under section 9(3) may appeal to the Appeal Tribunal to be established under section 11. [12/79]
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Appeal Tribunal |
11.—(1) For the purposes of section 10, there shall be established an Appeal Tribunal, which shall consist of a Chairman, who shall be a person holding or who has held high judicial office, and two other persons, all of whom shall be appointed by the Minister.
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Entry of premises by officer of Association and seizure of article as evidence |
12.—(1) Any officer of the Association duly authorised in writing in that behalf may enter at all reasonable times any premises or place in which he has reasonable cause to believe there is evidence of a contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of the rules made thereunder, and may search therein and seize any article in the premises or place that may be reasonably necessary as evidence in connection with the contravention.
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Officer of Association to produce authority for inspection |
13. Any officer of the Association entering any premises or place in exercise of the powers conferred by this Act shall produce for the inspection of the person in charge of the premises or place or in his absence that person’s agent his authority for such entry. |
Personal immunity of members and officers of Association |
14. No member of the Management Committee of the Association and no agent or officer of the Association shall be personally liable for an act or default of the Association done or omitted to be done in good faith and without negligence in the course of carrying out the functions vested in the Association under this Act. |
Revenue of Association |
15. The fees and other sums paid to the Association under this Act shall be paid into the Singapore Rubber Fund established under section 14 of the Rubber Association of Singapore (Incorporation) Act [Cap. 278] and all expenses incurred by the Association in the administration of this Act may be paid out of moneys in the Fund. |
Jurisdiction of District Court |
16. Notwithstanding anything in any other written law a District Court shall have power to try any offence under this Act and to impose the full penalty prescribed therefor. |
Power to make rules |
17.—(1) The Association may, with the approval of the Minister, make rules —
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Directions of Minister |
18. The Minister may from time to time issue general directions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act regarding the administration of this Act and the Association shall comply with those directions. |
Savings and transitional provisions |
19.—(1) Where any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was registered as a packer or shipper of rubber for export under the Rubber Shipping and Packing Control Act [1970 Ed., Cap. 201] (repealed by this Act) has done or omitted to do any act in respect of which the Malayan Rubber Export Registration Board* (hereinafter referred to as the Board) may cancel his registration under or a certificate issued pursuant to that Act, he may be deprived of a licence granted under this Act as if the act was done or omitted to be done while he was duly licensed under this Act.
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Vesting of assets and property in Association |
20. Upon the date of commencement of this Act —
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