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This Act concerns: (a) any written agreement or undertaking executed by a farmer whereunder the farmer: (i) purports to give to the holder (defined in section 2) any right, title or interest in or over the whole or part of any crop which has been, is being or is to be grown or produced in Zimbabwe or the proceeds thereof; and (ii) authorizes any person to pay to the holder the whole or part of the proceeds of such crop (“stop-order”); and (b) an unregistered stop-order which has been executed by a farmer who farms within Communal Land or within such other area as may be prescribed and of which the payee is the Agricultural Finance Corporation (“special stop-order”). The Act regulates the registration of orders by the Registrar of Farmers Stop-orders, priority of orders, Prior claims by cooperatives, effect of stop-orders, etc., on sale of crop in execution etc.
