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Sale of corn to be by weight.
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1. From and after the commencement of this Act, every contract, bargain, sale or dealing relating to corn shall, unless it is made or had by weight only and in terms of and by reference to the hundredweight of one hundred and twelve imperial standard pounds, be null and void:
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Provided that this this Act shall not apply to any contract, bargain, sale or dealing—
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(i) for or relating to a less quantity of corn than one hundred and twelve imperial standard pounds;
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(ii) for or relating to corn which at the date of the contract, bargain, sale or dealing is not within the United Kingdom, or to corn imported into the United Kingdom so long as the same shall remain in the warehouse, or store, or shed where the same shall have been first stored on importation;
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(iii) for or relating to corn imported into the United Kingdom in cases where such contract, bargain, sale, or dealing provides for delivery in the original bags in which the corn was imported (subject only to rebagging in replacement of damaged bags);
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(iv) for or relating to corn bought or sold for export from the United Kingdom;
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(v) for or relating to corn growing on or in the land or to corn unthreshed.
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