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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 51

Contravention due to default of some other person.

51.(1) Where a contravention of any provision of this Act, or of any
regulation, order or byelaw made thereunder, for which any person is liable to
a penalty was due to an act or default of any other person, then, whether or
not a prosecution is brought against the first-mentioned person, that other
person may be charged with and convicted of the contravention and shall be
liable on conviction to the same punishment as might have been imposed on the
first-mentioned person if he had been convicted of the contravention.

(2) Where a person who is charged with a contravention of this Act, or of any
regulation, order or byelaw made thereunder, proves to the satisfaction of the
court that he has used all due diligence to secure that the provision in
question was complied with and that the contravention was due to the act or
default of some other person, the first-mentioned person shall be acquitted of
the contravention.

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