Food Reserve Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament1989No. Act No. 19 of 1989
This Act has been repealed.It was replaced by Food Reserve Act, 2020 (No. 6 of 2020). Read this one for the law as it stood, not as it is now.
The Food Reserve Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia enacted in 1989. It contains 58 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Food Reserve Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Food Reserve Act
- S. 1S hort title
- S. 2I nterpretation
- S. 3E stablishment of Agency
- S. 4F unctions of Agency
- S. 5N ational Food Reserve
- S. 6D esignation of commodities
- S. 7P urchase and importation of designated commodities
- S. 8S ale of designated commodities
- S. 9R eceipt of designated commodity and non designated commodity.
- S. 10F unds of the Agency
- S. 11F inancial year
- S. 12A ccounts
- S. 13O ffence and penalty for misrepresenting a grade
- S. 14R egistration as a dealer
- S. 15R egistration fees
- S. 16The Minister may, by statutory instrument, and after consultation with the Standards of conduct
- S. 17R eports by traders and processors
- S. 18(1) A trader or a processor who fails to register, or who, if registered, fails to Penalty for failing to
- S. 19P ower to inspect records
- S. 20P enalties for disregarding registered charges or lien
- S. 21D eclaration of national food emergency
- S. 22V esting of Agency functions
- S. 23T ransitional provision
- S. 24V esting of assets and transfer of liabilities
- S. 25R egistration of property to be transferred
- S. 26(1) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Act, where any right, liability Legal Proceedings
- S. 27R egulations
- S. 28R epeal of Act No. 19 of 1989
- S. 29For the purposes of determining the percentage of kernels, the shells or cortices shall then be removed from the Kernels
- S. 30From the kernels obtained from the representative sample referred to in paragraph 29, a working sample weighing Workin
- S. 31Split grain shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Split gr
- S. 32Insect-damaged grain shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Insect-
- S. 33Defective grain shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Defecti
- S. 34Wherever detailed examination is necessary, at least two replicate tests shall be made and the average taken, the Replica
- S. 35A representative sample weighing not less than 2 lb. shall be taken in the manner described in paragraph 3. Repres
- S. 36From the representative sample so obtained, a working sample weighing not less than 200 grammes shall then be Workin
- S. 37Extraneous matter as defined in regulation 4 shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Extrane
- S. 38Damaged grain shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Damag
- S. 39Dirty grain shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Dirty gr
- S. 40Immature grain shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Immatu
- S. 41Other coloured grain shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Other
- S. 42Split grain shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Split gr
- S. 43Wherever detailed examination is necessary, at least two replicate tests shall be made and the average taken, the Replica
- S. 44A representative sample weighing not less than 1 kg shall be taken in the manner described in paragraph 3. Repres
- S. 45From the representative sample so obtained, a working sample weighing not less than 50 grammes shall be Workin
- S. 46Extraneous matter as defined in regulation 4 (3) shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Extrane
- S. 47Insect-damaged sorghum shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Insect-
- S. 48Other varieties shall then be removed from the working sample and weighed. Other
- S. 49Defective sorghum as defined in regulation 3 shall then be removed and weighed. Defecti
- S. 50Wherever detailed examination is necessary, at least two replicate tests shall be made and the average taken, the Replica
- S. ISection I
- S. IITHE FOOD RESERVE AGENCY
- S. IIITHE NATIONAL FOOD RESERVE
- S. IVMARKET INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR DESIGNATED COMMODITIES
- S. VWEIGHING AND GRADING STANDARDS FOR DESIGNATED COMMODITIES
- S. VIREGISTRATION OF TRADERS AND PROCESSORS
- S. VIINATIONAL FOOD EMERGENCY
- S. VIIIGENERAL