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BREAD (IRELAND) ACT 1838 - SECT 13

Bakers not to bake bread or rolls on the Lord's Day, or sell bread or bake pies, &c. except between certain hours.

13. Provided always, that no master or mistress, journeyman or other person,
respectively exercising the trade or calling of a baker in Ireland shall, on
the Lord's Day, or on any part thereof, make or bake any bread, rolls, or cake
of any sort or kind, or shall, on any other part of the said day than between
the hours of nine of the clock in the forenoon and one of the clock in the
afternoon, on any pretence whatsoever, sell or expose for sale, or permit or
suffer to be sold, delivered, or exposed for sale, any bread, rolls, or cakes
of any sort or kind, or bake or deliver, or permit or suffer to be baked or
delivered, any meat, pudding, pie, tart, or victuals, except as herein-after
is excepted, or in any other manner exercise the trade or calling of a baker,
or be engaged or employed in the business or occupation thereof, save and
except so far as may be necessary in setting and superintending the sponge to
prepare the bread or dough for the following day; and every person offending
against the last-mentioned regulations, or any one or more of them, and being
thereof convicted before any justice of the peace ..., within ten days from
the commission thereof, either upon the view of such justice, or on confession
by the party, or proof by one or more credible witness or witnesses upon oath
or affirmation, shall for every such offence pay and undergo the forfeiture,
penalty, and punishment herein-after mentioned; (that is to say,) for the
first offence the penalty of [50p], for the second offence the penalty of
[#1], and for the third and every subsequent offence respectively the penalty
of [#2]; ...: Provided nevertheless, that it shall be lawful for every baker
in Ireland to deliver to his or her customer or customers on the Lord's Day
any bakings (that is to say,) baked dishes, meat, or puddings (but not bread),
until half an hour past one of the clock in the afternoon of that day, without
incurring or being liable to any of the penalties in this Act contained.

S.14 rep. by 1954 c.11 (NI) s.3 sch.; 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7

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