19 Penalty on slaughtering cattle, &c. elsewhere than in an authorized slaughter-house.U.K.
After the expiration of ten days from the publication and posting of such notice no person shall slaughter any cattle or dress any carcase for sale as human food or food of man in any place within the limits of the special Act other than a slaughter-house which was in use as such before and at the time of the passing of the special Act, and has so continued ever since, or the slaughter-houses made in pursuance of this and the special Act; and every person who shall after such notice as aforesaid, slaughter any such cattle or dress for sale any such carcase within the limits of the special Act in any place other than one of such slaughter-houses shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F1level 1 on the standard scale] for every such offence.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G