THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE REGULATIONS 1928

Under Section 23

31st July 1928

 

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Produce (Wax and Honey) Regulations, 1928. 


2. No person shall place honey for export or otherwise, in any but sound, clean containers, free from foreign matter or residue of any article previously contained therein. 


3. (a) No person shall purchase, sell or offer for sale honey which has not been subsided or strained, or which contains impurities, scum, or foreign matter of any kind. 


(b) No person shall export or attempt to export honey which has not been subsided or which contains impurities, scum, or foreign matter of any kind.
 
4.No person shall export, or attempt to export, or put up for export, honey in containers of any kind, unless such containers shall be marked legibly and clearly, and to the satisfaction of an Inspector of Produce, or a Customs officer, with the words “JAMAICA HONEY”, and the export of such honey shall be stopped by an Inspector of Produce or a Customs officer, unless the same shall be so marked.

5. No person shall offer for sale, purchase, export, or attempt to export wax which has been adulterated in any way. 


6. An Inspector of Produce may, for the purpose of examination order the breaking open of any block of wax by the person in whose possession such wax may be at the time of inspection. 

7. Any person who shall commit a breach of any of these Regulations shall be liable on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate to a penalty not exceeding forty dollars, and in default of payment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month. On the offender’s third conviction he shall be liable to the foregoing penalties and in addition, his license shall be suspended for not less than twelve months. 


8. A copy of these Regulations shall be posted in a conspicuous place in every produce depot dealing in honey or wax. 

 

 

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