Chembe Town Council (Sugar Cane Levy) By-laws, 2019

These By-laws may be cited as the Chembe Town Council Title (Sugar Cane Levy) By-laws, 2019.

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Jurisdiction: Zambia
Instrument: Statutory instrument
Citation: SI 77 of 2019
Version: 22 Nov 2019
Language: en
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compliance harvesting levies levy payment local administration penalties receipt issuance sugar cane

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These By-laws may be cited as the Chembe Town Council Title (Sugar Cane Levy) By-laws, 2019. This section defines key terms used in the by-laws. Anyone harvesting sugar cane in the area for sale or any other use must pay the Council a sugar-cane levy of 1.66 fee units per tonne. A person must not sell or export sugar cane from the area unless it has been weighed at a checkpoint and the levy has been paid to the Council. People who sell or export sugar cane from the area must pay the sugar cane levy to the collector after the cane is weighed at a checkpoint, and the collector must issue a receipt immediately after payment.

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These By-laws may be cited as the Chembe Town Council
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AI-assisted research summary: These By-laws may be cited as the Chembe Town Council Title (Sugar Cane Levy) By-laws, 2019.

1. These By-laws may be cited as the Chembe Town Council Title (Sugar Cane Levy) By-laws, 2019.
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AI-assisted research summary: This section defines key terms used in the by-laws.

2. In these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires— Interpretation “area” means the area under the jurisdiction of the Council; “check point” means any place within the area designated by the Council for the payment of sugar cane levy; “collector” means an officer or agent of the Council authorised to collect sugar cane levy for the Council; “Council” means the Chembe Town Council; and “sugar cane” means a tall, perennial tropical grass cultivated as a source of sugar.
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A person who harvests sugar cane within the area for sale or
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AI-assisted research summary: Anyone harvesting sugar cane in the area for sale or any other use must pay the Council a sugar-cane levy of 1.66 fee units per tonne.

3. A person who harvests sugar cane within the area for sale or any other use shall pay to the Council a sugar-cane levy at the rate of 1.66 fee units per tonne.
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A person shall not sell within or export from the area, sugar
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AI-assisted research summary: A person must not sell or export sugar cane from the area unless it has been weighed at a checkpoint and the levy has been paid to the Council.

4. A person shall not sell within or export from the area, sugar cane which has not been weighed at a check point and for which sugar cane levy has not been paid to the Council.
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AI-assisted research summary: People who sell or export sugar cane from the area must pay the sugar cane levy to the collector after the cane is weighed at a checkpoint, and the collector must issue a receipt immediately after payment.

5. (1) A person who sells sugar cane within the area or exports sugar cane from the area shall pay sugar cane levy to the collector after the sugar cane has been weighed at a check point. Imposition of sugar cane levy No sale or export of sugar cane without payment of sugar levy Place of payment and collection of sugar cane levy Copies of this Statutory Instrument can be obtained from the Government Printer, P.O. Box 30136, 10101, Lusaka, Price K4.00 each 402 Statutory Instruments 22nd November, 2019 (2) The collector shall, immediately after receiving the payment for sugar cane levy, issue an official receipt. Offence
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A person who contravenes these By-laws commits an offence
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6. A person who contravenes these By-laws commits an offence and is liable, on conviction— (a) to a fine of fifty thousand penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; and (b) in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine of six thousand penalty units for each day that the contravention continues. Made by the Chembe Town Council this 12th day of November, 2019 V. SHAMENDE, Council Chairperson S. MWALE, Council Secretary Confirmed by me this12th day of November, 2019. LUSAKA [MLG.64/9/12] DR C. R. BANDA, Minister of Local Government and Housing

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