DUTCH MARGARINE LEGISLATION. 239 

to search all means of conveyance (no delay must, however» 
be caused thereby in the service of a public means of convey- 
ance), and to examine all goods in which it is suspected that 
butter or articles resembling butter are concealed, as well as 
goods in which it is suspected that any of these articles are 
packed. 
The law provides that two samples shall always be taken 
from the same package, and that when desired the market 
value shall be paid for the samples. Compensation is to be 
granted to the person interested, on his request, for the 
damage done to the owner of the articles concerned by taking 
the samples, if the articles, upon examination, turn out to be 
butter. 
The two samples are to be sealed up by the official and 
submitted with a statement of the origin of the samples for 
eXamination by the experts appointed by the Minister of the 
Interior. The examination of the samples is to be conducted 
according to instructions to be given by the Minister of the 
Interior by at least two sworn chemists working independ- 
ently of each other, to be appointed by that Minister. The 
method followed in that examination may be communicated 
to the person interested. The results of this examination are 
to be notified by the Public Prosecutor’s Department to the 
‘person concerned, who may have the second sample examined 
at his own expense, and for three weeks after this notification 
the Public Prosecutor can institute no prosecution against the 
person. The person concerned is also authorised to affix his 
own seal to the samples. 
Offences against certain of ve provisions are punishable 
‘with imprisonment not exceeding three months or a fine 
not exceeding three hundred florins; and in the case ofa 
second conviction within two years, with imprisonment not 
exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding six hun- 
dred florins, while the sentence of the Court is to be pub- 
lished at the expense of the convicted person. 
For offences in cases where the articles concerned were 
intended for exportation to foreign countries or to be sent to 
the Dutch Colonies the maximum punishments are double the 
above. The maximum punishments are also doubled if the 
