Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933

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Recovery of over-payments of subsidies.

41.—(1) If it is found at any time that any person has obtained any payment by way of subsidy under this Part of this Act to which or to part of which he was not lawfully entitled, the amount of that payment or of that part of the payment may, irrespective of the amount thereof and without prejudice to any criminal liability in respect thereof, be recovered by civil proceedings at the suit of the Minister in either the High Court, the Circuit Court or the District Court.

(2) In any proceedings under this section a certificate in writing signed by the Minister stating that a person has obtained a payment of a specified amount by way of subsidy under this Part of this Act and that such person was not entitled to such payment or to a specified part thereof shall be prima facie evidence of those matters as stated in such certificate.

(3) All moneys recovered by the Minister under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct.