Section 3
Licence to pack, ship or deal in rubber or manufacture technically specified rubber
(1)
A person must not —
pack rubber for export;
ship rubber for export;
manufacture or otherwise produce technically specified rubber; or
deal in, treat or store rubber,unless the person is for the time being the holder of a valid licence granted under this Act authorising the person to do so or is a person employed by the holder of such a licence.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, a person is 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) does not apply to a person who ships rubber for export if the person is the holder of a licence issued to the person under the provisions of the Malaysian Rubber Board (Incorporation) Act 1996.
(5)
Subsection (4) has force and effect only so long as reciprocal arrangements exist between Singapore and Malaysia by which 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 Malaysian Rubber Board (Incorporation) Act 1996 or any other written law which repeals and re-enacts, with or without modifications, that Act.