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Conditions relating to sale of maize meal mixtures by registered maize millers.
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29.—(1) On and after the appointed day it shall not be lawful for any registered maize miller to sell or offer for sale any maize meal mixture unless such maize meal mixture complies with the following specifications, that is to say:—
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(a) oats (if any) included therein is—
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(i) in case neither a maize meal mixture (whole oats) order nor a maize meal mixture (oat kernels) order is then in force, in one or other of the following forms, that is to say the entire product derived from grinding oats or the entire product derived from grinding oat kernels, or
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(ii) in case a maize meal mixture (whole oats) order is then in force, in the form of the entire product derived from grinding oats, or
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(iii) in case a maize meal mixture (oat kernels) order is then in force, in the form of the entire product derived from grinding oat kernels;
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(b) in case such maize meal mixture does not include any oats or includes any oats in the form of the entire product derived from grinding oats, the amount by weight of the product derived from grinding maize included therein does not exceed the prescribed percentage of such maize meal mixture;
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(c) in case such maize meal mixture includes any oats in the form of the entire product derived from grinding oat kernels, the amount by weight of the product derived from grinding maize included therein does not exceed the appropriate prescribed percentage of such maize meal mixture.
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(2) The Minister in making regulations in relation to the percentage referred to in paragraph (c) of the immediately preceding sub-section as prescribed shall, by reference to the quantity of oats contained in maize meal mixtures to which the said paragraph (c) applies, divide such maize meal mixtures into such and so many classes as he may think proper, and shall prescribe different percentages in respect of different classes, and the percentage so prescribed in respect of any such class shall for the purposes of the said paragraph (c) be the appropriate prescribed percentage in relation to every maize meal mixture which belongs to such class.
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(3) If any registered maize miller acts in contravention of this section, such registered maize miller shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
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