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shall be presumed to be hay chaff; and any i:>erson who sells or contracts 

 or agrees to sell or deliver chaff shall in the absence of such a written 

 agreement to the contrary be guilty of an offence against this Act, if 

 ihe chaff so sold or contracted for is not hay chaff; and shall on conviction 

 he liable for a first offence to a penalty not exceeding ^£20, and for a 

 second offence to a penalty of not less than jQio or more than ^50, and 

 for each subsequent offence to a penaltv of not less than jQio or more 

 than ^100, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to 

 l)Oth such joenalty and imprisonment. 

 Foreigu ingredients. — - 



5. The proportion or amount of foreign ingredients which may be 

 contained in any kind of stock food and the character of such foreign 

 ingredients may be prescribed by regulations. 



Invoice. &^c., to constitute a warranty. — - 



6. (r) Every invoice, agreement, circular, or advertisement relating 

 to stock food shall state specificallv the materials of which such stock 

 food consists. 



(2) Such statement in any invoice, agreement, circular, or ad\ertise- 

 ment as aforesaid shall notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary 

 constitute a warranty by the vendor that such stock food consists soleK 

 ■of the materials so specified and contains no greater proportion or amount 

 of foreign ingredients than is prescribed. 

 Invoices, &'c., as to mixed foods. — 



7. Every invoice, agreement, circular, or advertisement relating to any 

 mixed, concentrated, or prepared stock food or to by-products — 



(a) shall state specifically the original grain or materials from which 



such food or by-products were prepared, and 

 {b) shall constitute a warranty bv the vendor that such food or 

 by-products are prepared only from the specified original 

 grain or materials, and also that such food or by-products 

 are suitable as food for stock, and in the case of any 

 agreement, circular, or advertisement for the particular kind 

 of stock (if any) specified therein. 

 Invoice to be given by vendor. — 



8. Upon the sale of any stock food (whether paid for at the time of 

 .«ale or not) the vendor shall at the time of sale, or within seven days after 

 delivery of the stock food or any part thereof, give to the purchaser an 

 invoice containing the statements required In this Act. 



Offences a-tid penalties. — ^ 



9. Any person — 



ia) who sells or prepares for sale anv hav chaff and who mixes 

 therewith any straw chaff ; 



{h) who sells or prepares for sale ox offers or exposes for sale 

 or contracts or agrees to sell or deliver any mixed chaff : 



if) who sells or offers or exposes for sale or contracts or agrees 

 to sell or deliver any stock food which contains a larger 

 ])roportion or amount of foreign ingredients than is pre- 

 .scril>ed ; 



id) who iK'ing the vendor of any sto<-k food fails, neglects, or 

 refuses to give to the i)urchaser an invoice as required by 

 this Act or sells or delivers to the purchaser any stock food 



