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Consolidation of law as to use of unjust scales, &c.
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29. If any person exercising or carrying on a trade or business under or subject to any law of excise and required to keep scales or weights or measures,—
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(a) in the weighing of his stock or any goods, uses or suffers to be used any false, unjust, or insufficient scales, or weight, or measure with intent to defraud Her Majesty of any duty of excise; or
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(b) before or after the weighing of his stock or any goods puts or suffers to be put any other substance thereto, whereby any officer of inland revenue may be hindered or prevented from taking a just and true account ;
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he shall for every such offence incur a fine of one hundred pounds, and the false, unjust, or insufficient scales, and weights, and measures, shall be forfeited.
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Part V.
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Miscellaneous.
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