12. Control of export of coir fibre, coir yarn and coir products.—No coir fibre, coir yarn or coir
products shall be exported otherwise than under a licence issued by or on behalf of the Board in the
prescribed manner, and the provisions of the Sea Customs Act, 1878 (VIII of 19887), shall have effect as
if the provisions made by this section had been made by notification issued under Section 19 of that Act:
Provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to any coir product dispatched out of the territories
to which this Act extends by post or carried in a passenger’s luggage for his personal use:
Provided further that the Central Government may exempt from the operation of this section either
absolutely or subject to specified conditions, the export of any coir fibre, coir yarn or coir product to any
foreign settlement bounded by India.