CHAPTER 51:02
BONEMEAL, BLOODMEAL AND CARCASSMEAL (EXPORT DUTY)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Imposition of duty
4. No export of bonemeal, bloodmeal and carcassmeal until duty paid
5. Export to be by rail
6. Samples and temporary exports
7. Saving of Government’s civil remedies
8. Power of Minister to amend Schedule
Schedule
Law 20, 1961,
L.N. 84, 1966,
Act 28, 1976.
An Act to impose an export duty in respect of bonemeal, bloodmeal and carcassmeal and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
[Date of Commencement: 1st January, 1962]
This Act may be cited as the Bonemeal, Bloodmeal and Carcassmeal (Export Duty) Act.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“authorised officer” means a District Commissioner and any other officer of the public service of Botswana authorised in writing by a District Commissioner to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act.
Subject to section 6, export duty shall be payable on all bonemeal, bloodmeal and carcassmeal exported from Botswana at the rates set out in the Schedule.
4. No export of bonemeal, bloodmeal and carcassmeal until duty paid
(1) No person shall export any bonemeal, bloodmeal or carcassmeal from Botswana unless he has paid any export duty payable in respect thereof to an authorised officer and is in possession of a receipt in respect of such duty issued to him by that authorised officer.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding P200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
(1) Subject to section 6, no person shall export bonemeal, bloodmeal or carcassmeal from Botswana otherwise than by rail except with the written permission of an authorised officer.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding P200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
6. Samples and temporary exports
Nothing in sections 3 and 5 shall apply in respect of any consignment of bonemeal, bloodmeal or carcassmeal—
(a) which does not exceed 2.5 kilograms in weight and is exported from Botswana as a bona fide sample; or
(b) which is temporarily exported from Botswana in transit to some place within Botswana.
7. Saving of Government’s civil remedies
No criminal proceedings or conviction under this Act shall affect any civil remedy to which the Government is entitled for the recovery of the export duty payable by any person.
8. Power of Minister to amend Schedule
The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for the time being responsible for finance, by statutory instrument, amend the rate of duty prescribed in the Schedule.
SCHEDULE
(section 3)
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The rates of export duty shall be- |
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Bonemeal ……………………………………… |
P6,00 per metric tonne |
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Bloodmeal …………………………………….. |
P6,00 per metric tonne |
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Carcassmeal …………………………………. |
P6,00 per metric tonne |