Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1939

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Prohibition against registered proprietor carrying on business in premises other than registered premises.

29.—(1) Where a person is the registered proprietor of premises registered in a register kept in pursuance of this Act, it shall not be lawful for him to carry on the business carried on by him in the said premises in any premises which are not registered in the said register or of which he is not the proprietor registered in the said register.

(2) A registered wholesaler or a registered dealer shall not, without the consent of the Minister, carry on in his or any of his registered premises any business other than the business in respect of which such premises are registered.

(3) Every registered proprietor who acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds together with a further fine not exceeding five pounds for every day on which such offence is continued.