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Export of dead rabbits and poultry.
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44.—(1) The Minister may by order make regulations in regard to all or any of the following matters, that is to say:—
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(a) the method and manner in all respects of packing dead rabbits and poultry, including the materials and packages to be used for such packing,
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(b) the cleanliness and sterilisation of such materials and packages,
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(c) the limit of weight of any one package of dead rabbits or dead poultry.
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(2) All dead rabbits and dead poultry exported from Saorstát Eireann shall be packed in accordance with regulations made under this section.
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(3) Every person who shall export or attempt to export any dead rabbits or dead poultry which do not comply with all the regulations made under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
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(4) Every person who shall carry by land or sea or air for reward any dead rabbits or dead poultry which are being or are intended to be exported in contravention of this section shall, if such carrying is done in the course of or for the purpose of the exportation of such dead rabbits or dead poultry, be guilty of an offence under this section unless such person proves that he did not know and could not reasonably have known that such dead rabbits or dead poultry were being exported in contravention of this section.
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(5) Every person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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