MILK ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1950 - SECT 10 Offences, prosecutions and application of sums.

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MILK ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1950 - SECT 10

Offences, prosecutions and application of sums.

10.(1) Any person guilty of an offence under this Act, other than an offence
under the next succeeding sub-section, shall be liable on summary conviction
thereof to a fine not exceeding in the case of a first offence, [#20], and in
the case of a second or any subsequent offence, fifty pounds.

(2) Any person who

(a)in connection with an application for the issue of a licence under
this Act, makes any statement or furnishes any information which to his
knowledge is in any material respect false or misleading; or

(b)forges or fraudulently alters or uses, or permits to be fraudulently
altered or used, any licence or other document issued under this Act;

(3) A warranty or invoice shall be available as a defence in a prosecution for
an offence under this Act in any case where a warranty or invoice would be so
available if the prosecution had been taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs
Acts (Northern Ireland), 1875 to 1939, in respect of the sale of an article of
food, and section twenty-five of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875, and
section twenty of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, shall apply
accordingly.

(4) When any offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to
have been committed with the consent or approval of, or to have been
facilitated by any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary,
or other officer of the body corporate, he, as well as the body corporate,
shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be
proceeded against and punished accordingly.

S.11 rep. by SLR 1980

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MILK ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1950 - SECT 10