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Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996)

Notices

2026 Notices

Establishment of Statutory Measure : Records and Returns by Exporters, Importers, Processors, Producers and Purchasers of Cotton

1. Definitions

 

In this Schedule any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have that meaning and unless the context indicates otherwise—

 

“contract ginning”

means seed cotton ginned by a ginner on behalf of another party without the ownership of the cotton passing over to the ginner;

 

“cotton”

means cotton lint and seed cotton derived from the ball of the cotton plant (Gossypium hirsutum);

 

“cotton lint”

means the fibre derived from the seed cotton after the seed cotton has been ginned;

 

“Cotton South Africa”

means Cotton South Africa NPC (Non-profit Company - Registration No. 199800820/08);

 

“ginner”

means any person who gins seed cotton;

 

“gin”

in relation to seed cotton, means to separate the seed and fibre in seed cotton and ginning has a corresponding meaning;

 

“seed cotton”

means the lint and seed derived from the ball of the cotton plant (Gossypium hirsutum), before it has been ginned;

 

“the Act”

means the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996), as amended.