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Section 5.—Every person guilty of an offence against this Law or
against any regulation issued under this Law shall, unless the offence
shall make him liable to more severe punishment, be liable to a fine of no
less than 20 Kr. (£l) and not exceeding 1,000 Kr. (£55), to be paid to
the Treasury of the State, while the goods in relation to which the
offence has been committed shall be forfeited.
The forfeited goods shall be rendered useless for human food by action
of the Police.
The offender shall, in case of a second or subsequent conviction, be
liable to a double fine, and under aggravating circumstances to imprisonment,
in which case the conviction shall be published by action of the
Police.
Prosecutions under this Law shall be brought before the public Police
Courts.
Section 6.—This Law shall replace the Law of 22nd March, 1897, on
the control of the export of fresh meat, and shall come into operation on
the 1st September, 1903.
Christian R.
OLE HANSEN.
Under the provisions of this Law a Ministerial Decree was issued on the
15th August, 1903, which was revised on the 18th February, 1905. The
following is a translation of the latter:—
Translation of Order concerning the Export of Meat and Offal of Horses,
Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine, 18th February, 1905.
The Minister of Agriculture, by virtue of the power given him by Law
of 24th April, 1903, on the control of the export of meat, &c., does
hereby, concerning the export of fresh and slightly salted meat (and
offal) of horses, cattle, sheep, goats and swine for future observance,
order as follows:—
Section 1.—Fresh and lightly salted meat and offal (including viscera)
of horses, cattle, sheep, goats and swine shall not be exported from this
country unless accompanied by a certificate from a Veterinary Surgeon
appointed for that purpose, stating that the meat, &c., is not putrid and
not derived from animals suffering from any disease, making the meat,
&c., unfit for human food, or from animals so emaciated as to make their
flesh unfit for human food, according to the following regulations.
Section 2.—To each piece of fresh meat weighing 8 pounds or more
shall be attached, by means of a wire or string, a label (see Section 5)
describing the label, mode of fixing it, and the certificate to be issued by