Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1924

Sale of eggs on registered premises.

16.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to sell, or offer or consign for sale, on or from any premises registered in the register of exporters any quantity of eggs amounting to or exceeding thirty dozen unless such eggs have been graded, tested, and packed, and the eggs and also the packages containing such eggs have been marked in all respects in accordance with the provisions of the regulations made under this Act and for the time being in force.

(2) If any eggs shall be sold or offered or consigned for sale in contravention of this section, the registered proprietor of the premises on or from which such eggs are so sold or offered or consigned for sale, shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof in the case of a first offence, to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, or in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.