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14. That a defendant who proposes to
rely upon the warrantry defence should be
required to intimate this to the prosecutor
within a reasonable time of the service of the
summons.
15. That the time allowed for appeal
to Quarter Sessions from decisions of local
justices should be extended from three to
fourteen days.
16. That any person guilty of a second
offence under the Sale of Food and Drugs
Acts should be liable to a minimum penalty
of £5, and that in respect of the third or
subsequent offences under those Acts and
the Margarine Act, 1887, the punishment of
imprisonment without the option of a fine
may be inflicted at the discretion of the
magistrates or court.
17. That magistrates should be authorised
to make orders, at their discretion, requiring a
person convicted of offences under the Acts
to publish a notification of his conviction in