Section 5: Prohibition of production of tin except under licence.

(1) The Minister may by order prohibit the production of tin in the Northern States except in so far as in particular cases the Minister may in his discretion by a licence under his hand permit such production.
(2) In subsection (1) the word "tin" means tin concentrates of shipping grade, and the expression "the production of tin" means the winning of tin concentrates of shipping grade by mining or prospecting operations or the conversion of any tin ore which has been so won into tin concentrates of shipping grade.