Section 43

every person who, immediately before the appointed day, held a valid ordinary or temporary export registration certificate issued to him under the repealed Act shall be

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deemed to be registered under this Act as an exporter until the expiry date of the certificate and subject to the terms and conditions attached thereto; and

every person who, immediately before the appointed day, held a valid certificate of registration as a timber supplier issued to him under the repealed Act shall be deemed to be registered under this Act as a supplier until the expiry date of the certificate and subject to the terms and conditions attached thereto.

Every certificate by virtue of which a person is deemed, under subsection (1), to be registered under this Act shall be deemed to have been issued under this Act; and the Board may alter the terms and conditions attached to the certificate for the purpose of bringing them into conformity with the policy of the Board on the imposition of conditions and restrictions on registrations under this Act.

Sections 17 and 18 relating to the cancellation of registration shall apply to all persons deemed, under subsection (1), to be registered under this Act.

If a person deemed, under subsection (1), to be registered under this Act desires to be registered under this Act as an exporter or a supplier, as the case may be, after the expiration of the period for which he is deemed to be registered under this Act, he may apply to the Board for registration under section 14, and his application shall be made and treated as a fresh application and not as an application for renewal of registration.

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