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Method of payment of charges.
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10.—(1) The charges payable under this Act to the Trustees by the owner of any animals shall be paid by the purchase by such owner from the Trustees or their agents of adhesive stamps supplied by the Trustees under this Act and of the appropriate value having regard to the nature and number of the animals for and in respect of which such charges are payable as aforesaid.
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(2) The Trustees shall for the purpose of this Act cause to be prepared and shall supply and put on sale at such places and in such quantities as the Trustees think fit adhesive stamps of such denominations as, having regard to the scale of charges fixed by this Act, the Trustees consider appropriate.
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(3) If any person forges or counterfeits any stamp supplied by the Trustees under this section or uses, sells, or exposes or offers for sale any stamp which is to his knowledge a forgery or counterfeit of any stamp so supplied such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
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