Clause 2

Section 3 of the Rubber Industry Act, 1973 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the principal Act) is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (3) thereof, the following subsections: —“(4) The provisions of 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, of Malaysia (M. Ord. 74 of 1949).(5) Subsection (4) shall have force and effect only so long as reciprocal arrangements exist between Malaysia and Singapore whereby a licence to ship rubber for export issued 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 any other written law which repeals and re-enacts, with or without modifications, the aforesaid Ordinance.”.