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Prohibition of sale of contaminated, etc., milk.
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59.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or expose or offer for sale any milk which is contaminated or dirty.
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(2) Any person who acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence under this section to a fine not exceeding five pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence under this section, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
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(3) Any milk which has an offensive taste or smell or which, on being tested in any prescribed manner, is found to contain visible offensive matter, or bacteria to a number per unit volume greater than the prescribed number, shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be contaminated.
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(4) An offence under this section may be prosecuted by the sanitary authority within whose sanitary district the milk is sold or exposed or offered for sale.
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