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PART I
EXPORT OF EGGS.
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Export of eggs.
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3.—(1) Subject to the exceptions mentioned in this section all eggs exported from Saorstát Eireann after the commencement of this Act shall comply with the following conditions, that is to say:—
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(a) the eggs shall have been tested, graded and packed in accordance with the provisions of this Act and any regulations made thereunder upon premises then registered in the register of exporters, and
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(b) the eggs shall not have been removed from the package in which they were so packed upon such premises, and
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(c) the eggs shall be clean and fit for human consumption, and
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(d) each of the eggs and also the package containing such eggs, shall be marked with the marks (if any) pre scribed by regulations made under this Act, and
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(e) the eggs shall be exported by the registered proprietor direct from the registered premises upon which they were packed.
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(2) Every person who shall at any time after the expiration of two months from the commencement of this Act export or attempt to export any eggs which do not comply with all the conditions prescribed by the foregoing sub-section shall be guilty of an offence under this section.
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(3) Every person who shall carry by land or sea for reward any eggs which are being or are intended to be exported in contravention of this section shall, if such carrying is done in the course or for the purpose of the exportation of such eggs, be guilty of an offence under this section unless such person proves that he did not know and could not reasonably have known that such eggs were being exported in contravention of this section.
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(4) Every person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or, at the discretion of the court to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
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(5) This section shall not apply to any eggs exported—
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(a) by means of the parcel post; or
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(b) in any consignment the total gross weight of which does not exceed the maximum weight for the time being allowed to be sent by the parcel post; or
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(c) for the purpose of incubation in quantities not exceeding the prescribed maximum contained in packages marked in the prescribed manner; or
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(d) under and in accordance with an exportation licence granted under this Act; or
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(e) in a package consigned and forwarded through Saorstát Eireann from any place outside Saorstát Eireann to any other such place but not otherwise dealt with in Saorstát Eireann.
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