Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1934

Provisions in relation to sale of compound feeding stuffs.

30.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to sell, expose for sale, or offer for sale any compound feeding stuff unless—

(a) in the case of a compound feeding stuff not manufactured in Saorstát Eireann, there is printed on the package containing such compound feeding stuff or on a label securely affixed to such package the name and address of the manufacturer and a statement in the prescribed form that such compound feeding stuff was imported into Saorstát Eireann under a licence issued by the Minister for Agriculture, and

(b) in the case of a compound feeding stuff manufactured in Saorstát Eireann, there is printed, on the package containing such compound feeding stuff or on a label securely affixed to such package, a statement in the prescribed form that such compound feeding stuff was manufactured in Saorstát Eireann under a licence issued by the Minister for Agriculture and the number of such licence.

(2) If any person acts in contravention of this section, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in Part I of the Schedule to this Act.

(3) The Minister for Agriculture may by order make regulations in relation to the form referred to in sub-section (1) of this section as prescribed, and the word “prescribed” in the said sub-section means prescribed by regulations made under this sub-section.

(4) An offence under this section may be prosecuted by or at the suit of the Minister for Agriculture as prosecutor.