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Returns of butter held in stock.
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4.—(1) The Minister may serve a notice in writing (in this Act referred to as a returns notice) on any registered proprietor requiring such proprietor (whether he has or has not been previously served with a records notice) to do either or both of the following things, that is to say:—
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(a) to make in respect of the premises specified in such notice to the Minister within three days after the service of such notice such prescribed return or returns (each such return being in the form and containing the particulars prescribed in respect thereof) as may be specified in such notice in relation to the amount of butter (if any) held in stock by him or stored for other persons on the date in that behalf specified in such notice;
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(b) until the Minister otherwise directs, to make in respect of the premises specified in such notice to the Minister within three days after the expiration of every prescribed period ending after the date of such service such prescribed return or returns (each such return being in the form and containing the particulars prescribed in respect thereof) as may be specified in such notice in relation to—
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(i) the amount of butter (if any) held in stock by him or stored for other persons, on the first and last days of such period; and
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(ii) the amount of butter (if any) manufactured or acquired or disposed of by him during such period; and
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(iii) the amount of butter (if any) being the property of other persons put into and taken out of store during such period.
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(2) The Minister may serve a notice in writing (in this Act also referred to as a returns notice) on any butter trader, requiring such trader (whether he has or has not been previously served with a records notice) to do either or both of the following things, that is to say:—
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(a) to make to the Minister within three days after the service of such notice a return in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars of the amount of butter (if any) held in stock by him on the date in that behalf specified in such notice;
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(b) until the Minister otherwise directs, to make to the Minister within three days after the expiration of every prescribed period ending after the date of such service a return in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars in relation to—
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(i) the amount of butter (if any) held in stock by him on the first and last days of such period, and
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(ii) the amount of butter (if any) acquired or disposed of by him during such period.
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(3) The Minister may serve a notice in writing (in this Act also referred to as a returns notice) on any warehouseman requiring such warehouseman (whether he has or has not been previously served with a records notice) to do either or both of the following things, that is to say:—
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(a) to make to the Minister within three days after the service of such notice a return in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars of the amount of butter (if any) held in store by him on the date in that behalf specified in such notice;
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(b) until the Minister otherwise directs, to make to the Minister within three days after the expiration of every prescribed period ending after the date of such service a return in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars in relation to—
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(i) the amount of butter (if any) held in store by him on the first and last days of such period, and
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(ii) the amount of butter (if any) put into and taken on the first and last days of such period, and
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(4) If any person on whom a returns notice is served under this section either refuses or neglects to make a return or returns in accordance with such notice or makes a return which is false or misleading in any material respect, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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