Hassani Amrani v. R., Crim. App. 734-D-69, 5/12/69, Saidi J.
The appellant was convicted on his own plea of purchasing specified and scheduled agricultural products without a licence c/s 12(1) and (2), National Agricultural Products Board Act, 1964. The appellant was found unloading 89 bags of maize from a lorry he had hired. It appears he was doing this at his own house. He was then charged. In answer to the charge he said “it is true”, and a plea of guilty was entered. The facts having been stated by the public prosecutor in a very brief manner, the appellant said “I admit the facts. I paid Shs. 38/- per bag.”
Held: “The facts do not disclose any offence, because the National Agricultural Products Board Act does permit people in the villages to buy from their own neighbours any of the produce specified for their own home use. The Act is intended to bar subsiness me from buying from the farmers direct, in order to safeguard the interests of the farmers as well as of the public at large. Before this act came into existence business men normally bough local produced very cheaply from the farmers and later sold it at inflated prices, thus making large profits.” Appeal allowed and conviction quashed.
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