Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1939

Licences to export eggs.

33.—(1) The Minister may, upon the application of any person in the prescribed form and manner, grant to that person a licence to export the consignment of eggs specified in the licence to such consignee, by such route, and subject to such conditions as are stated in the licence.

(2) A licence granted under this section shall operate to authorise the person to whom the same is granted to export, in accordance with the terms of the licence, the consignment of eggs specified therein.

(3) The Minister may, at any time before a consignment of eggs specified in a licence is actually exported, revoke the licence relating to that consignment.

(4) If any person to whom a licence has been granted under this section contravenes any of the terms or conditions therein he shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section.

(5) Every person who falsely represents by means of a mark on the consignment or otherwise that any consignment of eggs is being exported under a licence granted under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section.

(6) Every person who is guilty of an offence under any sub-section of this section shall be liable, on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first such offence, to a fine not exceeding ten pounds or, in the case of a second or any subsequent such offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.

(7) On every application for a licence under this section, there shall be paid to the Minister a fee of the prescribed amount, and the due payment of such fee shall be a condition precedent to the entertainment of the application by the Minister.