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Effect of service of compulsory sale orders.
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18.—Where a compulsory sale order has been duly served on the vendor and purchaser under such order, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
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(a) the said vendor and the said purchaser shall be deemed to have entered into a contract in accordance with the terms of such order;
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(b) if the requirements of such order are not complied with, the said vendor and the said purchaser shall each be guilty severally of an offence under this section;
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(c) if the vendor is charged with an offence under this section, it shall be a good defence to such charge for the vendor to prove either—
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(i) that at the time at which such order was served on him he had not, in his power, possession or procurement, a quantity of home-grown wheat equal to or more than the quantity specified in such order, or
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(ii) that his non-compliance with such order was due to the acts or defaults of the said purchaser;
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(d) if the said purchaser is charged with an offence under this section it shall be a good defence to such charge to prove that his non-compliance with such order was due to the acts or defaults of the vendor.
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