Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CANNED FRUITS MARKETING ACT 1979 No. 160 of 1979 - SECT 14

14. (1) Where the Corporation is of the opinion that canned fruits that-

   (a)  have become the property of the Corporation by force of this Act;

   (b)  have not been disposed of by the Corporation; and

   (c)  are in the custody or control of a canner, are unfit for human
        consumption, the Corporation may serve, by post, on the canner a
        notice setting out the opinion of the Corporation and identifying the
        canned fruits concerned.

(2) On the service on a canner of a notice under sub-section (1), the canner
shall set aside, and identify as canned fruits to which a notice under
sub-section (1) relates, the canned fruits to which the notice relates.

Penalty: $1,000 in the case of a canner not being a body corporate, or $2,000
in the case of a canner being a body corporate.