Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1939

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Prohibition of removal, etc., of unmarked eggs.

57.—(1) It shall not be lawful for a registered preserver to sell, consign, or otherwise remove from his registered premises any eggs which do not bear visibly and legibly thereon the appropriate marks prescribed by the general regulations for the marking of preserved eggs.

(2) It shall not be lawful for any person to acquire at or from any premises registered in the register of preservers any eggs which do not bear visibly and legibly thereon the appropriate marks prescribed by the general regulations for the marking of preserved eggs or to accept delivery from any such premises of any eggs which do not bear visibly and legibly thereon such marks.

(3) The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply or have effect in relation to any eggs to which, by virtue of an order made by the Minister under the next preceding section, the provisions of that section do not apply.

(4) Every person who does any act (whether of commission or omission) which is a contravention of this section 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 a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.