Seller to give statutory statement

(1) Subject to sub-section (2), every person who sells any article shall give to the purchaser on or before delivery or within twenty four hours after delivery a statement in writing (hereinafter referred to as “the statutory statement”) containing the following particulars– (a) the name under which the article is sold; (b) the names of all the main ingredients and other matters contained in the article of which or from which the article is made; and Belize Agricultural Health Authority [CAP. 211 45 (c) the respective percentage of each ingredient to other ingredients and to other matters in the (2) The obligations imposed by this section shall not apply– (a) to sales of any two or more articles which have been mixed at the request of the purchaser; (b) to sales of an article in a quantity of fifty-six pounds or less taken in the presence of the purchaser from a parcel bearing a conspicuous label on which is marked legibly the particulars required by this section to be contained in the statutory statement; (c) to sales of an article in a parcel bearing a label stating legibly all the particulars required by this section to be contained in the statutory (3) It shall be an offence for any person– (a) to omit without reasonable excuse to give a statutory statement as required under this section; or (b) to give a statutory statement or affix a label in respect of an article sold which is false in any material particular or particulars whereof do not accord with the results of the analysis of a sample of the article carried out in accordance with this Part. (4) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars for the first offence, and for any second or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars. 46