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Section 11B

Section 11B. Licences to be obtained for grading work and construction of barns, etc

1[11B. Licences to be obtained for grading work and construction of barns etc.-- No person shall--

(i) take up grading work relating to virginia tobacco for commercial purposes; or

(ii) take up the construction and operation of a barn, unless he obtains a licence from the Board in accordance with the rules made under this Act.

Explanation. -- For the purposes of this section,--

(i) "barn" means a building or structure with a roof of zinc sheets or tiles having flue pipes, furnace and tiers used for flue curing of tobacco leaves;

(ii) "grading work" means separating tobacco leaves into specific grades on the basis of plant position, maturity, colour, body and blemish and in accordance with such specifications as may be prescribed.]

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.