Bread Act 1845 (SA)

No, 10.

AN ORDIiVANCE to rrgulnte the sale cf Bread in South

Aust~rrliu.

HEREAS it is espcdieut to prevent frmds in the Baking Preamble.

Trade and to regulate the Sale of Bread in the Yrovince of

South Australia:

Be it therefore Enacted, by 14s Excellc~~cy the Governor of

South Australia, wit l~ tlle advice a id consent of the Legislative

to be solflab~

Council tlwreof, That all bread lvllich slrnll after the first day of weight only and not

Novenlber nest, be sold, or exposed, or offered for sole, withiu this b y measure. after the said first day of Novcinber next, any person s l d l sell, or expose, or offer for S ~ X ~ C, or &all km.owingly permit to be sold, or

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exposed, or offcred for s ~ l e by ally person in his service, or in or on

my shop or premises occu1&l by hiui~, auy Bread by measure, or

by any denonlinatiorl braring reference to measure, or otherwise

than by weight only, he ~ I i d l, for every such offence, forfeit and

1 % ~ a p e ~ d t y or sum of lick less than Five Shillings, nor more than pcndtr 6s. to

Five P o ~ m d, ~

I. And be it Enacted, That every person selling, or exposing, or scales anaa@hts to

off'ering for sale, any Bread, shnll keep and haw at all times ready premises, and brcad be kept in shop or

be weighed if

required.

in some convenient part of 'his shop, a just beam and scales witL true weights of the established imperial standard, in order that every person who iiiny purchase any such bread may, if he shall think proper, require the same to be weighed in his presence; and if any such person shall neglect so to keep and have ready such beam and scales and weights as aforesaid, or shall, when thereunto required by any person who may p~~rchase any such Bread, refuse dul to weigh the same in the presence of such person in and by suc K scales and weights, he shall, fur every such offence, forfeit and

Pc,dlty 6s. c

pay a penalty of not less than Five Shillings, nor more than Five

Pounds.

Ingredients.

111. And be it Enacted, That after the first day of November next, no Bread shall be sold, or offered, 01- made for salc, other tllarl such as shall be made of flour or meal of wbeat, barley, rye, oats,

maize, peas, beans, rice, or potatoes, and with common silt, pure

water, eggs, milk, barrn, leaven, or other yeast, mixed in such proportions as shall be thought fit. and that when Bread sllall be sold

nu bread not made.

of wheat to be

01. Gffered for sale, made wh'dlly or partially of the flour or meal of

sp~cidly marked.

peas, beans, rice, or potatoes, or of any corn or grain other tlmi wheat, the same shall be plainly and distinctly marked vitll the letter bf in lalge Roman darac&rs, under a pe;;alty of not less than Five Shillings, nor more than Five Pounds, for every pound in weight sold, or offered for sale without such marlr.

Fancybreadexcepted. IV. Provided always that nothing in. this Ordinance co~itained

shall extend to or affect any Ilread of the kind or denoniination usually called French or Fancy Bread, or rolls, when expressly sold or exposed, or offered for sale only as such.

Penalty for selling	V.	And be it Enacted, That if m y person shall deliver, or cause
bread under weight,

or for adulteratilig it, or permit to be delivered, any Bread, under the weight at or fbr

$L to $20. which it shall have been sold, or shhll in the making of Bread for

sale, use, or cause or permit to be uscd, any nlixturc or ingredients

pay a penalty or sum of not less than Onc Pouud, nor more tLau other than as aforesaid, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit and Twenty Pounds.

Prosecution for

penalties. VI. And be it Enacted, That all fines, yendties, and fod'eltures imposed by this Ordinance shall be recovered suimilarily before any two or more Justices of the Peace; and that all fine#, penalties, and forfeitures so recovered shall be applied a d distributed, and all persons aggrieved by any summary coiivictioil under dlis Ordinance, shall be entitled to appeal therefrorn, in the manlier provided respectively by the Laws of the Province in force for the time being for regulating summary proceedings before Justices of ths Peace.

VII. Provided

I P140viQd always, aud bc it Enacted, That any prosecution Pr07im limiting prosecutions.

i ~ d e r this Ordinance, in respect to the delivery of Bread under weight, shall be conmenceit withio twenty-four hours next after

such delivery.

G. GREY,

Governor ancl Commander-in-Chief.

W. r,. C)'HALLQRAN,

Clerk of Council.