Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) Act, 1952 : 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. Ch. 60.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1952
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) Act, 1952 : 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. Ch. 60. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    & 1 EIz.2 (Poisonous Substances) Act, 1952 (d) wilfully makes a false entry in a_ register, record, return or other document kept or furnished in pursuance of regulations under this Act, or wilfully makes use of such a false entry, or wilfully makes or signs as being a declaration required by an inspector in pursuance of this Act a declaration which is false; he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. (2) A person guilty of an offence against this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, and, if a contravention of a provision of this Act or of regulations thereunder in respect of which a person has been convicted is continued by him after his conviction, he shall be guilty of a further offence and liable in respect thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds for each day on which the contravention is so continued. _ (3) Where a contravention of a provision of regulations under _ this Act consists in a failure to do anything at or within a time - specified in the regulations, and the regulations provide that this _ subsection shall apply to a failure so to do it, the contravention shall be deemed to continue until that thing is done. (4) Where an offence against this Act which has been com- mitted by a body corporate is proved to have been committed _ with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any - neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other _ similar officer of the body corporate, or any person purporting _ to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate _ shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable _ to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. In this subsection, the expression “ director ’’, in relation to any _ body corporate which is established by or under any enactment for _ the purpose of carrying on under national ownership any industry _ or part of an industry or undertaking and whose affairs are _ managed by the members thereof, means a member of that body. _ §.—(1) A person against whom proceedings are brought Defence under this Act shall, upon information duly laid by him and on 2vailable _ giving to the prosecution not less than three clear days’ notice ehscaierey a _ of his intention, be entitled to have brought before the court in to person _ the proceedings any person to whose act or default he alleges that charged where _ the contravention of the provision in question was due, some other and, if after the contravention has been proved the original Pts” mf defendant proves that the contravention was due to the act or POPS) default of that other person, that other person may be convicted of the offence, and, if the original defendant further proves— (a) that he has used all due diligence to secure that the provision in question was complied with, and