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" proves to the satisfaction of the court that he had used due
" diligence to prevent the commission of the offence, and that the
" said other person committed the offence without his knowledge,
" consent, or connivance, he shall be exempt from any fine, and the
" said other person may be summarily convicted of the offence."
Sec. 44 is somewhat amended from former provisions, so that
every Sanitary Authority may now provide and maintain " public
"lavatories and ashpits," and " for the purpose of such provision
" the subsoil of any road, exclusive of any footway adjoining any
" building or the curtilage of a building, shall be vested in the
" Sanitary Authority."
Sec. 47, sub-section 3, provides : " Where it is shown that any
" article liable to be seized under this section,
Unsound "and found in the possession of any person was
Food. " purchased by him from another person for the
" food of man, and when so purchased was in
" such a condition as to be liable to be seized and condemned
" under this section, the person who so sold the same shall be
" liable to the fine and imprisonment above-mentioned,t unless he
" proves that at the time he sold the said article, he did not know,
" and had no reason to believe that it was in such condition."
" Where a person convicted of an offence under this section has
" been within twelve months previously convicted of an offence
" under this section, the Court may, if it thinks fit, and finds that
" he knowingly and wilfully committed both such offences, order
" that a notice of the facts be affixed, in such form and manner,
" and for such period not exceeding twenty-one days, as the
" Court may order, to any premises occupied by that person, and
" that the person do pay the costs of such affixing; and if any
" person obstructs the affixing of such notice, or removes, defaces
" or conceals the notice while affixed during the said period, he
"shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding five
" pounds. If the occupier of a licensed slaughter-house is convicted
" of an offence under this section, the Court convicting him may
"cancel the license for such slaughter-house.''
* Not exceeding fifty pounds for every animal, or article, or if the article consists
of fruit, vegetables, corn, bread, or flour, for every parcel thereof so condemned,
or, at the discretion of the Court, without the inflidtion of a fine, to imprisonment
for a term of not more than six months with or without hard labour.