Malawi
Agriculture (General Purposes) Act
Chapter 65:05
- Assented to on 7 April 1987
- Commenced on 1 June 1987
- [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2014.]
- [Note: This version of the Act was revised and consolidated in the Fifth Revised Edition of the Laws of Malawi (L.R.O. 1/2018), by the Solicitor General and Secretary for Justice under the authority of the Revision of the Laws Act.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Agriculture (General Purposes) Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—“agricultural crop” does not include—(a)tobacco;(b)cotton;(c)any crop declared under the Special Crops Act to be a special crop and for which an authority under that Act has been established; and[Cap. 65:01](d)any other crop which the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare not to be an agricultural crop for the purposes of this Act.3. Regulation of the agriculture industry
4. Incidental and supplementary provisions
Regulations made under section (3) may further—5. Application of regulations, etc.
Regulations made under this Act and any rules or orders made under such regulations may be made so as to apply generally to the agriculture industry or to any particular agriculture crop or to any particular trade, business, undertaking or enterprise in the agriculture industry and so as to have effect either throughout Malawi or in any particular part of Malawi.History of this document
31 December 2014 this version
Consolidation
01 June 1987
Commenced
07 April 1987
Assented to
Subsidiary legislation
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Agriculture (General Purposes) (Minimum Prices for Agricultural Crops) Regulations, 2020 | Government Notice 19 of 2020 | 19 May 2020 |