Spirits Act, 1880

Scheduled rules with respect to vessels, &c. in distillery.

14. (1.) Every distiller must observe the rules contained in the First Schedule.

(2.) For any contravention of the rules in the First Schedule penalties shall be incurred as follows:

(a.) If there is found in a distillery any vessel in excess of the number permitted by the rules in the second part of the First Schedule, the vessel, with its contents, shall be forfeited, and the distiller shall incur a fine of two hundred pounds.

(b.) For any contravention of the rules contained in the third part of the First Schedule the distiller shall incur a fine of two hundred pounds, and an additional fine of twenty pounds for every day during which the contravention continues.

(c.) For any contravention of the rules contained in the fourth, seventh, or eighth part of the First Schedule the distiller shall incur a fine of two hundred pounds.

(d.) For any contravention of the rules contained in the fifth, sixth, or tenth part of the First Schedule, the distiller shall incur a fine of fifty pounds.

(e.) Every cask not marked as required by the rules contained in the ninth part of the First Schedule shall, with its contents, be forfeited.

(f.) For any contravention of the rules contained in the eleventh part of the First Schedule, the wash, low wines, feints, or spirits in respect of which the rules are contravened shall be forfeited, and the distiller shall incur a fine of two hundred pounds, or, at the election of the Commissioners, of twenty shillings for every gallon of such wash, low wines, feints, or spirits.