Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996)NoticesEstablishment of Statutory Measure: Registration of Producers, Exporters and Processors of Pomegranates1. Definitions |
In this Schedule any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have that meaning, unless the context otherwise indicates—
means the fruit of Punica granatum L;
means a person who trade pomegranates for export for his own account, or acts as an agent on a commission basis on behalf of producers;
means a producer of pomegranates intended for fresh fruit exports and/or domestic fresh consumption, as well as pomegranate juice or juice concentrate;
means a person (natural, juristic or otherwise) who processes pomegranates for sale as arils (fresh or otherwise) or any other way.
A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer or an exporter or an importer or a processor. A person who is a producer as well as an exporter must register as a producer and as an exporter or an importer or a processor.