Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1939

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Prohibition of removal, etc., of marks from preserved eggs.

58.—Every person who—

(a) removes, alters or obliterates from or on any egg a mark prescribed by the general regulations for the marking of preserved eggs, or

(b) sells or offers or exposes for sale any egg from or on which a mark prescribed by the general regulations for the marking of preserved eggs has been removed, altered or obliterated,

shall, unless he proves that he acted without intent to defraud, 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 of 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.