(1) The Occupier of a factory shall enter into a bi-partite agreement with oil palm farmers. The Occupier of the factory shall give commitment in writing that they shall purchase the fresh fruit bunches of the oil palm farmers and make payment as per the price fixed by the Government regularly. The farmers shall also declare in writing that they shall not uproot the oil palm plantation or neglect the garden. Both the growers and occupier shall declare that they shall be bound by the Act and rules made there under.
(2) Every Occupier of a factory shall maintain a Register of Oil Palm Growers in Form-1.
(3) The Register shall be prepared by the Occupier of the factory every year and shall be made available for inspection by any grower or by an officer authorized by the Oil Palm Commissioner during the office hours in the office of the factory.
(4) Register shall be updated every year not later than one month before the commencement of the agriculture year along with farmer-wise fresh fruit bunches details.
(5) Any Oil Palm Grower having or claiming to have grown oil palm in a factory zone may apply to the occupier of the factory for the correction of any entry in the Growers Register.
(6) The Occupier of a factory shall keep a record of such applications and shall after field verification through his own channel, pass such orders for inclusion of the entries in the register within one month from the date of the application.
(7) The Oil Palm Commissioner, on a report made by the Oil Palm Inspector either suo-moto or upon an application made by any grower or a Grower’s Association may pass such orders and issue such directions for inclusion, exclusion or correction 4 of any of the entries in the oil palm Growers Registers as he deems fit after providing a reasonable opportunity to the occupier of the factory.
(8) The orders of the Oil Palm Commissioner as issued in the matter shall be binding on the occupier of the factory and occupier of the factory shall make such entries as are ordered by the Oil Palm Commissioner within one week from the date of receipt of the order.