Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1930

Branding of weights of eggs on packages.

11.—(1) Where a package containing eggs is marked with a mark (in this section called the grade mark) prescribed by regulations made under the Principal Act as -the mark for eggs of a particular grade and there is also marked on such package a mark (in this section called the weight mark) intended to indicate or convey that each great hundred of eggs in such package is greater in weight than the weight prescribed as the minimum weight for a great hundred of eggs belonging to the grade indicated by the grade mark, it shall not be lawful for a registered proprietor to export such package unless each great hundred of eggs contained in such package is not less in weight than the weight indicated by the weight mark.

(2) If any person acts in contravention of this section he 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 fine not exceeding ten pounds or, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty 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.

(3) In this section the expression “great hundred” means one hundred and twenty.