Bee Pest Prevention (Ireland) Act, 1908

Penalties.

5. Any person who knowingly removes from his premises, or sells or disposes of to any other person, or imports into any district, any bees infected with bee pest or foul brood, or any article or appliance used in connection with bee-keeping and infected with that disease, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding, for the first offence, five pounds, and for the second or any subsequent offence, ten pounds.