CHAPTER 160
NATIONAL MILLING CORPORATION ACT
[SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION]
INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
ORDERS
G.Ns. Nos.
202 of 1968
347 of 1968
1. This Order may be cited as the National Milling Corporation (Scheduled Firms) (Modification of Companies Ordinance) Order.
2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
"the Ordinance" means the Companies Ordinance *;
"Scheduled firms" means the companies specified in the Second Schedule to the National Milling Corporation (Transfer of Vested Interests) Order *.
3. The provisions of the Ordinance set out in the Schedule to this Order shall not apply to the scheduled firms.
4. The terms "extraordinary resolution" and "special resolution" appearing in the Ordinance in relation to the resolutions of a Company shall, insofar as the Ordinance applies to the scheduled firms, mean an ordinary resolution of the National Milling Corporation passed in accordance with the rules for the time being regulating the proceedings of the Corporation.
5. The Ordinance as modified by paragraph 5 of the Scheduled Firms (Modification of Companies Ordinance) Regulations * made under the State Trading Corporation (Establishment and Vesting of Interests) Act *, shall apply to the scheduled firms subject to the following further modifications *–
(a) in subsection (1) of section 2 of the Ordinance delete the definition "Scheduled company" and substitute therefor the following new definition–
" 'Scheduled Company' means a company specified in Part II of the Schedule to the State Trading Corporation (Establishment and Vesting of Interests) Act *, or a company specified in the Second Schedule to the National Milling Corporation (Transfer Vested Interests) Order *; and
(b) in section 285A of the Ordinance–
(i) in subsection (2) add immediately after the word "come" in the third line the words ", or to have come, or shall be deemed to have come,";
(ii) in subsection (3) delete the words "the State Trading Corporation established by the State Trading Corporation (Establishment and Vesting of Interests) Act * (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation)" which occur in paragraph (a) and substitute therefor the words "the Corporation".
(4) In this section–
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(a) "Minister" means, in relation to the companies specified in Part II of the Schedule to the State Trading Corporation (Establishment and Vesting of Interests) Act, 1967 the Minister for the time being responsible for Commerce, and in relation to the companies specified in the Second Schedule to the National Milling Corporation (Transfer of Vested Interests) Order *, the Minister for the time being responsible for Agriculture;
(b) "the Corporation" means–
(i) where an order under this section is made in relation to a company specified in Part II of the Schedule to the State Trading Corporation Establishment and Vesting of Interests) Act, 1967, the State Trading Corporation established by that Act;
(ii) where such order is made in relation to a company specified in the Second Schedule to the National Milling Corporation (Transfer of Vested Interests) Order, 1968, the National Milling Corporation established by the National Milling Corporation Act *.
SCHEDULE
Sections 29, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 117, 145.
G.N. No. 400 of 1990
1. This Order may be cited as the National Milling Corporation (Specification for Grading Paddy Standards for the 1990/91 Season) Order.
2. In this Order, unless the context requires otherwise–
"damaged grain" means paddy which is shrivelled or damaged by the action or effects of heat or excessive moisture such as sprouting or mouldy;
"defective grain" means paddy showing physical external damage, that is absence of or physical damage to the husk;
"empty of immature grain" means paddy, the husk of which is empty of grain or distinctly immature and greenish in colour;
"foreign matter" means any material that is not paddy and includes other parts of the rice plant.
3. Paddy shall be of clean and wholesome appearance and be free from commercially objectionable odours and infestation.
4. The test methods for paddy are specified in the Second Schedule to this Order.
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4, the grades in the First Schedule shall be used for the 1990/91 season.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Fair Average Quality |
|
Foreign matter | 2 |
Empty of immature grain | 2 |
Defective grain | 2 |
Damaged grain | 3 |
Moisture content | 13.0 |
SECOND SCHEDULE
TEST METHOD FOR PADDY
1. Obtain representative sample from the lot, mix thoroughly. Keep material in a moisture proof container. |
2. Using a moisture meter, record the moisture content. |
3. Take 250g sub-sample. Observe condition of paddy. |
4. Screen sub-sample over 1.4 mm diameter perforated plate sieve. |
5. Take weight of troughs plus handpicked foreign matter from material remaining on top of sieve. Record as foreign matter. |
6. From the material remaining on top of the sieve, hand pick and separate in order of priority: |
(1) Empty or immature grains. |
(2) Defective grains. |
(3) Damaged grains. |
7. Take individual weight of the separate materials and record as appropriate. |
8. Paddy with component percentages greater than those shown in the grading specification and its comment shall be considered not to have achieved the grade. |
G.N. No. 401 of 1990
1. This Order may be cited as the National Milling Corporation (Specification for Grading Beans Standards for the 1990/91 Season) Order.
2. In this Order, unless the context requires otherwise–
"broken beans" means beans which have been broken or the cotyledons separated but which will not pass through a perforated plate of aperture size 6.35 mm diameter;
"foreign matter" means any material that is not beans and includes other parts of the beans plant;
"other defective beans" means beans which are immature, shrivelled or damaged by the action or effects of heat or excessive moisture such as discolouration;
"other coloured beans" means beans with a pericarp of natural colour which are distinctly red, striped, volute yellow or khaki in one container;
"small broken beans" means bean pieces and component parts which pass through a perforated plate sieve of aperture size 6.35mm diameter.
3. Beans shall be bean varieties of clean and wholesome appearance and be free from commercially objectionable odour and infestation.
4. Grade I small beans shall have a maximum tolerance of 10 beans per 250g greater than 12 mm.
5. The test method for beans is specified in the Second Schedule to this Order.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Grade I | Grade II |
|
Foreign matter | 1 | 1 |
Small Broken Beans | – | – |
Broken Beans | 2 | 2 |
Pest Damaged Beans | 3 | 4 |
Other Defective Beans | 13.0 | 13.0 |
Live Infestation per 250g | None | None |
SECOND SCHEDULE
TEST METHOD FOR BEANS
1. Obtain representative samples from the lot and mix thoroughly. Keep material in moisture-proof container. |
2. Using a moisture meter record the moisture content. |
3. Take 250g sub-sample. Observe condition and size of beans. |
4. Screen sub-sample over 6.35 mm diameter perforated plate sieve. |
5. Take weight of troughs plus handpicked foreign matter from material remaining on top of sieve. Record as foreign matter. |
6. From the material remaining on top of the sieve, hand pick and separate in order of priority: |
(1) Broken beans. |
(2) Pest damaged beans. |
(3) Other defective beans. |
(4) Other coloured beans. |
7. Take individual weights of the separated materials and record as appropriate. |
8. Beans with component percentages greater than those shown in the grading specification and its comment shall be considered not to have achieved the grade. |
G.N. No. 402 of 1990
1. This Order may be cited as the National Milling Corporation (Specification for Grading Maize Standards for the 1990/91 Season) Order.
2. In this Order, unless the context requires otherwise–
"broken grain" means broken maize and component parts which pass through a perforated plate sieve of aperture size 6.35mm diameter;
"foreign matter" means any material that is not maize grain and includes other parts of the maize plant;
"other defective grains" means maize grain which is immature, shrivelled or damaged by the action or effects of heat or excessive moisture, shrivelled or damaged by the action or effects of heat or excessive moisture such as discolouration, sprouting and mouldy;
"other coloured grains" means grain with pericarp of a natural colour differing from the majority of the kernels;
"pest damaged grain" means maize grain which has been visibly damaged externally or internally, by insects or rodents.
3. Shelled maize shall be of white varieties, of close wholesome appearance and free of commercially-objectionable odours.
4. The test method for the shelled maize is specified in the Second Schedule to this Order.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 the grades in the First Schedule shall be used for the 1990/91 season.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Shelled Maize | Shelled Maize |
|
Foreign matter | 2 | 4 |
Broken Grain | – | – |
Pest Damaged Grain | 4 | 8 |
Other Defective Grain | 3 | 5 |
Other Coloured Grain | 1 | 2 |
Moisture Content | 13 | 13 |
Live Infestation per 250g | None | None |
SECOND SCHEDULE
TEST METHOD FOR SHELLED MAIZE
1. Obtain representative sample from the lot and mix thoroughly. Keep material in a moisture-proof container. |
2. Using a moisture meter record the moisture content. |
3. Take 250g sub-sample. Observe condition of maize including infestation. |
4. Screen sub-sample over 6.35 mm diameter perforated plate sieve. |
5. Take weight of troughs plus hand picked foreign matter from material remaining on top of sieve. Record as foreign matter. |
6. From the material remaining on top of the sieve, hand pick and separate in order of priority: |
(1) Pest damaged grains. |
(2) Other defective grains. |
(3) Other coloured grains. |
7. Take individual weights of the separate materials and record as appropriate. |
8. Maize with component percentages greater than those shown in the grading specification and its comment shall be considered not to have achieved the grade. |
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