CHAP. 20. An Act further to amend the Petroleum Inspection Act. [Assented to 29th June, 1897.] HER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Subsection one of section four of The Petroleum Inspec- R.S.C., c. 102, tion Act, chapter one hundred and two of the Revised Statutes, s. 4 amended. as enacted by section two of chapter forty of the statutes of 1894, is hereby amended by striking out the words "two hundred and ninety," in the fifth line, and substituting therefor the words "two hundred and seventy." 2. Subsection three of section fifteen of the said Act, as Section 15 enacted by section three of chapter forty of the statutes of 1894, amended. is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor : in tank cars "3. Notwithstanding anything in this section contained, Importation the Governor in Council may designate places at which petro- of petroleum leum may be imported in tank cars and in tank ships respect- and tank ively, and may, on the joint recommendation of the Ministers ships. of Customs and Inland Revenue, prescribe regulations under which petroleum may be so imported; but all petroleum so imported shall, before being removed for consumption, be put into packages, inspected, and marked in accordance with the requirements of section seven of this Act." 3. The said Act is hereby amended by adding the following Section section thereto :— added. in Council. "32. Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, the Regulations Governor in Council may, with regard to petroleum made in by Governor Canada, from time to time make regulations prescribing the time, place and mode of its inspection, storage, transportation and delivery." OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 21. An Act to provide for the Registration of Cheese [Assented to 29th June, 1897.] HER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as The Dairy Act, 1897. Short title. tories and 2. The Minister of Agriculture shall keep in the Depart- Registration ment of Agriculture a book to be called "The Cheese Factories of cheese fac and Creameries Register," and any person engaged in the creameries. business of cheese or of butter making may apply to the Department of Agriculture, at Ottawa, for the registration of the cheese factory or creamery owned or duly represented by him; and, on receipt of the particulars as set forth in schedule to this Act, the Minister of Agriculture, or such officer of the Department of Agriculture as is designated by the Governor in Council, shall forthwith send to the owner or representative of such cheese factory or creamery a certificate showing the registration number allotted to such cheese factory or creamery. registration 3. The person to whom such registration number is assigned Exclusive shall thereafter have the exclusive right to use it for the right to use purpose of designating the dairy products manufactured by number. him at such cheese factory or creamery, in the manner shown in schedule B to this Act. "Canada" 4. No person shall sell, offer, expose, or have in his posses- Branding of word "Canasion for sale, any butter or cheese made in Canada, and destined dian," "Canafor export therefrom, unless the word "Canadian," "Cana- dien," or dien," or "Canada" is printed, stamped or marked in a legible compulsory. and indelible manner, in letters not less than three-eighths of an inch high, and one-quarter of an inch wide, upon— Defacing marks prohibited. Misrepresentation as to dates of manufacture prohibited. Penalties. Application of penalties. Governor in Council may tions. (a) the box or package containing the butter or cheese, and (b) moreover, in the case of cheese, upon the cheese itself, before it is taken from the factory where it was made. 5. No person, with intent to misrepresent, shall remove or in any way efface, obliterate or alter the word "Canadian," "Canadien," or "Canada," or the registration number on any cheese, or on any box or package which contains cheese or butter. 6. No person shall knowingly sell, or offer, expose, or have in his possession for sale, any cheese or butter upon which, or upon any box or package containing which, is printed, stamped or marked any month other than the month in which such butter or cheese was made; and no person shall, knowingly and with intent to misrepresent, sell, or offer, expose, or have in his possession for sale, any cheese or butter represented in any manner as having been made in any month other than the month in which it was actually made. 7. Every person, who, by himself, or by any other person to his knowledge, violates any of the provisions of sections four, five and six of this Act shall, for each offence, upon summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars and not less than five dollars, for every cheese or box, or package of butter or cheese which is sold, or offered, exposed, or had in his possession for sale, contrary to the provisions of those sections, together with the costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding three months, unless such fine and the costs of enforcing it are sooner paid. S. Any pecuniary penalty imposed under this Act shall, when recovered, be payable, one-half to the informant or complainant, and the other half to Her Majesty. 9. The Governor in Council may make such regulations as make regula he considers necessary in order to secure the efficient operation of this Act; and the regulations so made shall be in force from the date of their publication in the Canada Gazette, or from such other date as is specified in the proclamation in that behalf. |