Singapore legislation
Section 13
Section 13
Written authority for sale or consignment
(1)
No licensed dealer shall purchase any rubber except upon delivery to him by the vendor of a written authority for the sale thereof.
(2)
No forwarding agent shall receive any rubber except upon delivery to him by the consignor of a written authority for the despatch thereof.
(3)
No person shall receive rubber for treatment or for storage or for sale on commission except upon delivery to him of a written authority for the receipt thereof.
(4)
Such written authority shall contain —
the signature and chop, if any, of a licensed dealer and the number of his licence; or
the signature and chop, if any, of the person in lawful occupation of the land on which the rubber was grown or produced, or of his duly authorised agent, together with the mukim number or name and lot number of that land, and the distinguishing number or letter of the certificate of registration relating thereto prescribed by section 15.
(5)
Every person who receives a written authority as prescribed by this section shall preserve it and shall on demand produce it for the inspection of any such officer as is mentioned in section 11.