This Act establishes a board to be known as the Tobacco Board of Zambia as a body corporate. The Board shall establish and appoint the members of such committees as the Minister may prescribe to implement any of the Board's powers and functions. The functions and duties of the Board shall be to: (a) promote, protect and maintain the production, sale, preparation for subsequent use and export of tobacco grown in Zambia; (b) control and regulate the production, marketing and export of tobacco; (c) carry out research; (d) collect statistics; (e) provide and operate such services and other facilities as may be necessary or convenient for the tobacco industry; (f) advise the Minister;(g) appoint inspectors; and (h) carry out other functions which this Act requires to be done by the Board. The Registrar shall cause such registers of tobacco growers to be kept as are prescribed by the Minister (sect. 24). Growers shall compulsorily register. Only registered growers to sell or export tobacco on consignment (sect. 30). Any person who carries on the business of a grader and is not licensed as such under this Part shall be guilty of an offence (sect. 37). Remaining provisions concern marketing of (auctionable or non-auctionable) tobacco, control of marketing of tobacco of specified class or grade, establishment of surplus pools (sect. 80), disposal of surplus tobacco, prescription of varieties of tobacco to which the Act or Regulations by the Minister (sect. 83), prohibition against growing or selling tobacco not of prescribed variety, regulation of export of tobacco (sect. 85 and following), etc. The Tobacco Industry Board established pursuant to section three of the Tobacco Industry Board (Establishment) Act shall be dissolved. Powers of the Tobacco Board are defined in the Schedule.
Замбия · 1968-04-01