lo June, 1909.] Cliaff and Stock Food Act. 397 



which does not consist solelv C)f tlie materials specified in 

 anv invoice, agreement, circular, or ad\ertisement relating 

 thereto ; or 



(r) who improperly tampers with any sample or part of a sample 

 taken under this Act, 



shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall on conviction be 

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

 offence to a penalty of not less than ;;^io or more than ;!^5o, and for each 

 subsequent offence to a penalty of not less than ;£2o or more than ^100, or 

 imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such penalty 

 and imprisonment. 



Power of officer to enter premises and take samples. — 



10. (i) For the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of 

 this Act are being complied with any officer either generally or specifically 

 appointed by the Minister in writing — 



{a) shall have free access at any reasonable time to any building 

 or premises where stock food is prepared or sold or offered 

 or exposed for sale or to any portion of any farm or land 

 where any such stock food is kept for sale, and 



(b) may examine and on payment of the ordinary market price 

 therefor take for analysis portions of any such stock food 

 as samples from any parcel whether in or on any such 

 building premises farm or land or from any vehicle. 



(2) Such samples shall be of the weight required bv this Act, and 

 shall if possible be taken in the presence of the vendor or his agent or 

 of the person having the possession of such stock food or his agent, and 

 shall be taken from parcels comprising not less than 10 per cent, of each 

 w^hole lot sampled. 



(3) The several portions taken from the whole lot of any one kind 

 of stock food sampled shall be thoroughly mixed and then divided into 

 three approximately equal parts. A label shall be placed on each such 

 part stating the name of the vendor or the person having possession of 

 the lot from which such sample was drawn and the time and place of 

 taking. Such label shall be signed by the person taking such sample 

 and also where practicable bv the vendor or person having charge of 

 the lot from which such sample was taken. 



(4) Each of such parts shall be marked and sealed or fastened up 

 in such manner as its nature will permit ; and two of such parts shall 

 be forwarded by such officer to the chemist of the Department of Agri- 

 culture or his deputy, and one shall l:>e retained by such vendor or person. 



(5) Of the parts forwarded to the said chemist or deputy one shall 

 be for analysis and for comparison with the invoice, agreement, circular or 

 advertisement relating thereto, and the other shall be retained by the said 

 chemist or deputy. 



Pozver to take samples in absence of vendor. — 



11. (i) If the vendor or his agent or the person having the possession 

 of such stock food or his agent fails to attend the taking of the samples 

 when notified so to do the said officer may proceed to take such samples 

 in the absence of any such vendor or person. 



