Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1939

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Marking of weights on eggs.

41.—(1) Where a package containing eggs is marked—

(a) with a mark (in this section called a grade mark) prescribed under this Act as the mark for eggs of a particular grade, and

(b) with a mark (in this section called a weight mark) intended to indicate that each egg in the package is not less in weight than the weight prescribed as the minimum weight for eggs of the grade indicated by the grade mark,

it shall not be lawful for a registered wholesaler to consign the package to any place, whether in or outside Ireland, unless each egg contained in the package is not less in weight than the weight indicated by the weight mark.

(2) If any person consigns or attempts to consign eggs in contravention of this section he 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 ten pounds or, in the case of a second or any subsequent such offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.