Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Act, 1934

Offences by registered proprietors.

53.—Every registered proprietor of registered premises—

(a) who fails or refuses to supply to a recipient any beef which is lawfully demanded of him by or on behalf of such recipient, or

(b) who demands or takes any money or other valuable consideration (other than the price payable by the Minister under this Part of this Act), for or in relation to the supply to a recipient of beef lawfully demanded of him by such recipient, or

(c) who makes, in any return made by him in pursuance of this Part of this Act, any statement which is to his knowledge false or misleading in any material respect,

shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first such offence, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent such offence, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.