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Revocation of slaughter licences by the Court.
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28.—(1) Whenever the holder of a slaughter licence is convicted of an offence under any section of this Act, the Court by which such holder is so convicted may, in addition to any punishment or penalty authorised by the relevant provisions of this Act, revoke such slaughter licence and also, if such Court so thinks proper, declare such holder to be disqualified for holding a slaughter licence during such period as such Court shall specify.
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(2) Whenever a slaughter licence is revoked under this section by a Court, the registrar, clerk, or other principal officer of such Court shall forthwith communicate to the sanitary authority by whom such licence was issued and to the Minister the fact of such revocation and the particulars of any disqualification imposed by the Court under this section on the holder of such slaughter licence.
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(3) Whenever a person is declared by a Court under this section to be disqualified for holding a slaughter licence the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
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(a) it shall not be lawful for any sanitary authority, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, to issue to such person a slaughter licence during the period of such disqualification;
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(b) it shall not be lawful for such person to apply for, receive, or hold a slaughter licence during the period of such disqualification;
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(c) every slaughter licence issued in contravention of this sub-section shall be null and void;
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(d) every person who applies for, receives, or holds a slaughter licence in contravention of this sub-section shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first such offence, to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, and in the case of a second or any subsequent such offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
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