Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1934

Over production of wheaten meal.

8.—(1) If any holder of a milling licence in respect of a particular mill, to whom a licence has been granted under sub-section (2) of section 28 of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, authorising him to mill into wheaten meal a certain specified proportion of the quota for such mill in respect of the preliminary quota period or a specified quota year, mills into wheaten meal during the preliminary quota period or such year at such mill an amount of wheat exceeding the amount specified in such last-mentioned licence, such holder shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in Part III of the Schedule to this Act.

(2) An offence under this section may be prosecuted by or at the suit of the Minister for Industry and Commerce as prosecutor.