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It is hoped that future legislation will provide for the better
control, by registration, of all rag flock factories, with power to
cancel registration in cases of wilful evasion of the law.
PROSECUTIONS.
During the year 863 prosecutions were taken under various
Acts. It should be noted that summonses listed as dismissed do
not represent lost cases, but merely that the court dismissed the
cases under the First Offenders Act, on payment of the Council's
costs. This feature is particularly noticeable in cases taken under
the various shops acts.
Particulars of the prosecutions taken are shown in Table
IX.
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