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Prohibition of coal retailing by unregistered persons.
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12.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to carry on in an appointed area, the business of selling coal by retail unless he is registered in the register kept in pursuance of this Act in respect of that appointed area.
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(2) It shall not be lawful for any person to carry on, in an appointed area, the business of selling coal by retail at any premises or place in such appointed area other than premises in respect of which he is registered in the register kept in pursuance of this Act in respect of that appointed area.
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(3) Every person who carries on the business of selling coal by retail in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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