Excise Act, 1860

Construction.

21. Wherever the following terms and expressions, or any of them, occur in this Act, they shall be construed respectively in the manner herein-after directed; (that is to say) “dried chicory” shall be construed to mean chicory which shall have been kiln-dried, or dried by any other means whatever, and not completely roasted to a state fit for grinding to powder; “roasted chicory” shall be construed to mean chicory which shall have been completely roasted to such state as last mentioned, whether the same shall have been ground or reduced to powder or not; “dryer of chicory” shall be construed to mean and include any person who shall kiln-dry, or dry by any other means, any chicory; “roaster of chicory” shall be construed to mean and include any person who shall carry on or continue the process of drying chicory to a state in which it shall be fit for grinding to powder.

[Ss. 22 – 32 rep. 43 & 44 Vict. c. 20. s. 49.]