Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939

Prohibition of interests in certain businesses.

7.—(1) A member of the Commission shall not while he holds office, retain, purchase, take, or become or remain beneficially interested in, any shares or interest in any company or trading concern dealing in any way in pigs, pork, bacon or offals.

(2) A member of the Commission shall be deemed to have an interest within the meaning of and in contravention of the foregoing sub-section if he accepts or receives or continues to accept or receive any loan or any financial assistance or accommodation of any kind, direct or indirect, from any company or trading concern dealing in any way in pigs, pork, bacon or offals or from any director, officer, proprietor or shareholder of such company or concern.

(3) If any member of the Commission acts in contravention of this section, the Minister shall remove such member from office and shall not at any time thereafter re-appoint him to be a member of of the Commission.