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Fertilizers Act (No. 21 of 1961) - Sect 22

General provisions as to legal proceedings

22.
(1) Notwithstanding anything in any other written law, proceedings for an offence under this Act may, if the prosecutor so desires, be instituted in the Magistrate's Court having jurisdiction in the place where the person charged resides or carries on business.
(2) In any proceedings for an offence under this Act, it shall be no defence to allege that a sample of any article having been taken for analysis only there was no prejudice to the purchaser.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in any other written law, proceedings for an offence under this Act may, subject to the provisions of section 20, be instituted by the person aggrieved or by a Fertilizer Inspector.


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