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Alteration of penalties relating to offences under sections 48 and 49 of the Act of 1966.
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7.—(1) A person convicted of an offence under the Act of 1966 for which a penalty is provided for in section 23 of the Principal Act shall, in lieu of that penalty—
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(a) on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding £1,500, or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such term of imprisonment,
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(b) on conviction on indictment, be liable—
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(i) in case such person is so convicted by reason of his having—
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(I) in contravention of an order of the Minister under the Act of 1966, interfered with or removed an ear-tag, or
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(II) altered or falsely made or ante-dated or counterfeited, or offered or uttered, knowing it to have been altered or falsely made or ante-dated or counterfeited, a licence, declaration, certificate or instrument described in section 49 (1) (d) of the Act of 1966,
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to a fine not exceeding £10,000, or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such term of imprisonment,
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(ii) in case such person is otherwise so convicted, to a fine not exceeding £5,000, or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such term of imprisonment.
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(2) This section shall come into operation on such day as may be fixed therefor by order of the Minister.
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