Singapore legislation
Section 3
Section 3
No person to pack or ship rubber or manufacture technically specified rubber unless duly licensed for the purpose
(1)
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law, no person shall —
pack rubber for export;
ship rubber for export; or
manufacture or otherwise produce technically specified rubber,unless he is for the time being the holder of a valid licence granted under this Act authorising him to do so or is a person employed by a person licensed as aforesaid.
(2)
For the purpose of this section a person shall be deemed to have packed rubber for export if it is packed in any manner usually employed in Singapore when packing rubber for export.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(4)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to a person who ships rubber for export if he is the holder of a licence issued to him under the provisions of the Rubber Shipping and Packing Control Ordinance 1949 [M 74/49] of Malaysia or the Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Board Act 1972 [M 84/72].
(5)
Subsection (4) shall have force and effect only so long as reciprocal arrangements exist between Singapore and Malaysia whereby a licence to ship rubber for export granted under this Act is deemed to be a valid licence to ship rubber for export issued by the competent authority in Malaysia under the provisions of the Rubber Shipping and Packing Control Ordinance 1949 of Malaysia or the Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Board Act 1972 or any other written law which repeals and re-enacts, with or without modifications, that Ordinance or that Act.