PART II
FARM LICENCE FOR CULTIVATION OF PLANTS
Fees for licence and renewal of licence
4.  Every application for a licence and every application for the renewal of a licence shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule.
[S 10/1999 wef 08/01/1999]
Director may inspect premises
5.—(1)  Upon receiving an application for a licence, the Director may inspect the premises which the applicant intends to use for the cultivation of plants.
(2)  If the Director is satisfied that the premises are suitable for such use, he may issue a licence to the applicant.
[S 10/1999 wef 08/01/1999]
Renewal of licence
6.  Every application for the renewal of a licence may be made at any time during one month immediately preceding its expiry.
[S 10/1999 wef 08/01/1999]
7.  [Deleted by S 10/1999 wef 08/01/1999]
Display and inspection of licence
8.  Every licensee shall keep his licence exhibited at all times in some prominent place within his farm and shall produce the licence to the Director or an agricultural officer for inspection whenever he is required to do so.
Replacement of lost or defaced licence
9.—(1)  Where a licence has been lost or defaced before its expiry, the licensee may apply to the Director for the issue of a certified true copy of the licence.
(2)  Upon receiving an application under paragraph (1) and the payment of the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule, the Director shall issue a certified true copy of the licence to the licensee and the certified true copy of the licence so issued shall have the same effect as the original thereof.
(3)  Any licensee to whom a certified true copy of a licence has been issued in replacement of a licence which he has lost shall, upon discovering the original licence, forthwith return the certified true copy of the licence to the Director.
(4)  No certified true copy of a licence shall be issued in place of a defaced licence unless the defaced licence is surrendered to the Director for cancellation.
(5)  No refund shall be made for the fee paid —
(a)for a certified true copy of a licence upon its return to the Director under paragraph (3); or
(b)for a licence surrendered to the Director under paragraph (4).
[S 147/1997 wef 01/04/1997]
Transfer of licence
10.  No licensee shall transfer or assign the benefit of his licence to any other person without the prior approval of the Director.
Alteration of licence
11.  Any person who without lawful authority alters any licence issued under these Rules or knowingly makes use of any licence so altered shall be guilty of an offence.
Revoked or suspended licence to be surrendered
12.—(1)  A licensee shall, upon the receipt of a notice, referred to in section 31(3) of the Act, of the revocation or suspension of his licence, forthwith surrender his licence to the Director.
(2)  The Director shall, upon the expiry of the period of suspension of a licence which has been surrendered to him under paragraph (1), return the licence to the person to whom the licence was issued if the licence has not at that time expired.
[S 10/1999 wef 08/01/1999]