(1) No Oil Palm fresh fruit bunches shall be purchased without actual weighment. The net weight of the Oil Palm fresh fruit bunches shall be correctly recorded by an Electronic Weighing machine with a print out handed over to the farmer then and there;
Provided that, the certificate from Inspector of Weights and Measures shall prominently displayed at the premises of weighment, Carts, trucks, Carriages etc., carrying oil palm Fresh Fruit Bunches shall be taken care of during the day of collection on.
(2) The occupier of the factory shall permit a representative of the Oil Palm Grower, or a representative of the Oil Palm Growers’ Cooperative Society or any other person authorized by the Oil Palm Commissioner, to watch or check weighments, weighbridges and weights and examine the Oil Palm weighment receipts.
(3) At every collection center, adequate facilities for weighment shall be provided by the occupier of the factory to avoid congestion and undue delay of weighment.
Cars, trucks or carriages carrying Oil Palm fresh fruit bunches shall not be kept waiting for more than four hours from the time of arrival at such collection centers.
(4) The occupier of the factory may give such time-table for the Oil Palm growers in the factory zone specifying the dates on which the growers shall deliver the Oil Palm fresh fruit bunches and the growers shall adhere to the schedule so given. The occupier of a factory shall give adequate advance intimation to the growers. Any change in such time-table for delivery of oil palm fresh fruit bunches shall be given by the occupier of factory with reasonable advance intimation so as not to cause loss to growers and the grower shall adhere to such change.