Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1930

Amendment of section 18 of the Principal Act.

13.Section 18 of the Principal Act shall be construed and have effect as if the following sub-section were inserted therein in lieu of sub-section (1) now contained therein, that is to say:—

“(1) Any person who—

(a) sells, exchanges, or barters, or offers or exposes for sale, exchange, or barter any eggs which are externally dirty or which are unfit for human consumption, whether such sale, exchange, or barter is or is not made subject to the condition that the eggs shall pass a particular test; or

(b) being a person engaged in the egg trade, buys or has in his possession on premises on which he carries on such trade any eggs which are externally dirty or which are unfit for human consumption; or

(c) being a person engaged in the egg trade, deposits in any place any eggs which are externally dirty or which are unfit for human consumption; or

(d) consigns for sale on commission or otherwise eggs which are externally dirty or which are unfit for human consumption;

shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be punishable accordingly.”