Section 1: Control of export and delivery to smelters of tin and tin ore.

(1) Where it appears to the Minister appropriate for the purpose of giving effect to any international agreement to which Nigeria is a party that the production and export of tin and tin ore should for the time being be controlled, he may by order provide that this section shall have effect as respects such period or further period as may be specified by the order.
(2) During any period specified by an order under the foregoing subsection, no person shall export any quantity of tin or tin ore or deliver any quantity of tin ore to a smelter unless that person is authorised by a licence issued to him by the Minister to export it or, as the case may be, to deliver it to that smelter.
(3) A person who contravenes the provisions of the last foregoing subsection shall be guilty of an offence and liable-
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine of an amount not exceeding two hundred naira;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of an amount not exceeding two thousand naira or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or both.
(4) Where an offence under this section which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.