Bovine Diseases (Levies) Act, 1979
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Alteration of penalties specified in sections 48 and 49 of Diseases of Animals Act, 1966. |
23.—A person convicted of an offence under the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 , for which a penalty is provided in subsection (2) of section 48 or subsection (2) of section 49 thereof shall, in lieu of that penalty— | |
(a) on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding £500, or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such term of imprisonment, | ||
(b) on conviction on indictment, be liable— | ||
(i) in case he is so convicted by reason of his having— | ||
(I) in contravention of an order of the Minister under the said Act, interfered with or removed an ear-tag, or | ||
(II) altered or falsely made or ante-dated or counterfeited, or offered or uttered, knowing it to have been altered or falsely made or ante-dated or counterfeited, a licence, declaration, certificate or instrument described in section 49 (1) (d) of that Act, | ||
to a fine not exceeding £2,000, or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such term of imprisonment, | ||
(ii) in case he is otherwise so convicted, to a fine not exceeding £1,000, or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such term of imprisonment. |