HIDE AND SKIN TRADE: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
APPLICATION OF ACT
under s. 1 (2)
G.N. 198/1954
The provisions of the Act which relate to dealing in hides and skins and to licences authorizing such dealing have been declared to extend to all classes of hides and skins throughout Malawi.
HIDES AND SKIN TRADE RULES
under s. 22
G.N. 108/1954
7/1955
205/1958
22/1963
81/1963
These Rules may be cited as the Hide and Skin Trade Rules, and shall come into force upon such date as the Minister may appoint by notice published in the Gazette*See commencement notice following these Rules.;
Provided that the Minister may bring these Rules generally or any specified Rules into force either in relation to the whole of, any part of or any place in Malawi.
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
“buyer” means the holder of a buyer’s licence issued under the Act;
“completely dried” means a suspension or ground dried hide or skin which when protected from rain and freely suspended under an impervious roof for 24 hours will not lose more than 3 per cent of its weight at the time of suspension by evaporation of water;
“flaying” means the opening of and the separating of the hide or skin from its body attachments;
“flaying knife” means a cutting implement with a curved blade not less than 5 inches long and sharpened on the curved edge with the blade curved upwards from the handle and ending in a rounded or blunted extremity;
“pickling” means removing the hair or wool from a hide or skin and preserving its pelt by treatment with a solution of acid and salt;
“prepared” means prepared in the manner prescribed by these Rules;
“preserving” means treating a hide or skin chemically or physically in order to render it less putrescible;
“processing” means subjecting a prepared or preserved hide or skin to any mechanical or chemical treatment preliminary to, or including, tanning;
“protected” means protected from insect damage in the manner prescribed by these Rules;
“slaughtering knife” means a long, pointed, sharp implement 8 inches to 20 inches in length;
“suspension dried hide or skin” means a hide or skin which has been treated in the manner prescribed in rule 19;
“tanning” means treating a hide or skin in order to convert its substance into leather.
Buyers
3. Application for buyer’s licence
(1) Every application for a buyer’s licence shall be made to the licensing officer of the area in which applicants’ premises are situate, and shall be in the English language and in the form set out in the First Schedule.
(2) Every application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee and by four unmounted photographs of the head and shoulders of the applicant which shall be approximately 2 1/2 inches by 2 inches in size. One photograph shall be signed on the back thereof by the applicant, whose signature shall be attested by a person of standing known to the licensing officer and considered by him to be a reputable person.
(3) The fee for a buyer’s licence shall be 10s.
(4) Every buyer’s licence shall be issued to the buyer in duplicate. One copy shall be in the form set out in the Second Schedule and one copy in the form set out in the Third Schedule.
An application for the renewal of a buyer’s licence shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee for such licence and by the licence in the form set out in the Second Schedule.
(1) Every buyer shall display prominently at the premises to which his licence relates a notice specifying clearly the prices which he offers for each grade of suspension dried or ground dried hides and skins. Such notice shall be in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule.
(2) The words and figures shall be clearly displayed in English words and Arabic numerals of not less than one inch in height.
6. Additional conditions for buyer’s licence
In addition to the conditions prescribed by section 5 of the Act it shall be a condition of every buyer’s licence that the licensee or, if he is an employee, his employer shall—
(a) equip and maintain the premises to which his licence relates to the satisfaction of an inspector and ensure that such premises conform with the requirements of every relevant Act;
(b) provide and maintain in such premises the following facilities, material and equipment for marking hides and skins—
(i) such light, natural or artificial, as will permit a clear and detailed observation of the hides and skins;
(ii) a smooth, level surface measuring at least 3 feet square made of cement,…
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