Penalty for sale, etc., of unsound food

(1) Any person who– (a) sells, or offers or exposes for sale, or has in his possession for the purpose of sale or of preparation for sale; or (b) deposits with, or consigns to, any person for the purpose of sale or of preparation for sale, any food intended for, but unfit for, human consumption shall, subject to this section, commits an offence. (2) Where food in respect of which an offence under sub- section (1)(a) has been committed was sold to the offender by some other person, that person also, subject to this section, commits an offence. (3) Where a person is charged with an offence under sub- section (1)(b) or under sub-section (2), it shall be a defence for him to prove either that he gave notice to the person with whom he deposited, or to whom he consigned or sold, the food in question that it was not intended for human consumption, or that at the time when he delivered or dispatched it to that person, either it was fit for human consumption or he did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained, that it was unfit for human consumption. 25 (4) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment. CAP. 40. (5) If a person licensed under the Public Health Act to keep a slaughterhouse is convicted of an offence under this section, the court may, in addition to any other penalty, cancel his