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Niue Copra Ordinance 1916

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NIUE COPRA ORDINANCE 1916
No. 1

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Copra made from immature coconuts forbidden
3. Selling or disposing of copra not of good quality forbidden
4. Examination and seizure of copra
5. Confiscation and destruction of copra
6. Penalty

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COPRA ORDINANCE 1916
1916, No. 1

An Ordinance to regulate the making and selling of copra in Niue (31 October 1916).

1. Short Title - This Ordinance may be cited as the Niue Copra Ordinance 1916.

2. Processing of immature coconuts forbidden - (1) It is forbidden for any person to make, sell, purchase, or have in his possession copra made from immature coconuts.

(2) For the purposes of this section "immature coconuts" means coconuts that have not ripened on and fallen naturally from the tree.

3. Selling or disposing of copra not of good quality forbidden - It is forbidden for any person to sell, purchase, export, or have in his possession stored for export:

(a) Copra that is not properly dried;

(b) Copra that is dirty or rotten;

(c) Copra affected by contact with fresh water.

4. Examination and seizure of copra - Every Officer of Police [or Agricultural Officer] may at any time during business hours visit the premises of any trader or exporter of copra and examine the copra therein stored, and may at any time visit any place where copra is being dried. Any Officer of Police [or Agricultural Officer] may seize any copra which in his opinion does not comply with the provisions of this Ordinance.

[The words "or Agricultural Officer" were inserted by section 3 of the Copra Amendment Ordinance 1955 which also defines this term under section 2 of that Ordinance.]

5. Confiscation and destruction of copra - Any copra the cause of any conviction may be confiscated and destroyed by an order of the High Court.

6. Penalty - Every one is liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds who infringes any of the provisions of this Ordinance.