Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1935
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Restriction on price to be paid for home-grown millable wheat. |
13.—(1) It shall not be lawful during any month in any sale (wheat) year for any person, who is the holder of a milling licence, or a registered distiller or a registered wheat dealer, to purchase any home-grown millable wheat of a particular class at a price lower than the minimum price for home-grown wheat of that class for that month, less such allowance (if any) for carriage as may be agreed upon by such person and the person from whom such wheat was purchased, the said allowance not to exceed in any case the reasonable cost of conveying such wheat from the premises on which such wheat was grown or the premises on which it was stored at the time of such sale to the port, railway station, or canal depot nearest to such premises. | |
(2) If any person, who is either the holder of a milling licence or a registered distiller or a registered wheat dealer, purchases any home-grown millable wheat in contravention of this section, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to the penalties mentioned in Part 1 of the First Schedule to this Act. |