PART III.

Miscellaneous and General.

Prohibition of sale of eggs in certain places.

24. —(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to sell, exchange, or barter, or offer or expose for sale, exchange, or barter, any eggs in a place or under conditions which does or do not afford adequate protection to such eggs against wet, damp, dirt, or contamination of any sort.

(2) If any person acts in contravention of this section he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding ten pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

Powers of the Gárda Síochána.

25. —(1) A member of the Gárda Síochána shall be entitled at all reasonable times to enter any premises (not being premises registered in the register of exporters or the register of preservers) in which eggs are offered or exposed for sale.

(2) A member of the Gárda Síochána may inspect any eggs offered or exposed for sale in any place upon which he is entitled under the foregoing sub-section to enter or in any public place and may take and remove without payment reasonable samples of any eggs which are offered or exposed for sale in any such place and are externally dirty.

(3) Every person who obstructs or impedes a member of the Gárda Síochána in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on him by this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

Regulations.

26. —(1) The Minister may by order make regulations in relation to any matter or thing referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed and which is not prescribed or capable of being prescribed under the Principal Act.

(2) Every regulation made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution is passed by either House of the Oireachtas within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat annulling such regulation such regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under such regulation.

Expenses.

27. —All expenses of carrying this Act into effect shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

Offences.

28. —Every offence under any provision of this Act may be prosecuted by or at the suit of the Minister as prosecutor.

Short title and citation.

29. —This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Act, 1930, and the Principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Agricultural Produce (Eggs) Acts, 1924 and 1930.