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T H E D E F E N C E R E G U L A T I O N S , 1940.
ORDER MADE B Y T H E COMPETENT A U T H O R I T Y U N D E R R E G U L A T I O N
Gazettes:
^upp^emen,
11.6.1940
01.
I n exercise of the powers vested in me b y virtue of m y a p p o i n t m e n t
by the Governor as t h e Competent A u t h o r i t y for t h e purposes of R e g u lation 61 of t h e Defence Regulations, 1940, I hereby order as follows :—
1. This Order m a y be cited as t h e Defence (Registration of B a k e r s )
Order, 1940.
2. For t h e purposes of this Order—
" bakery " means any building, room or place used for or connected
with preparing, making or baking bread for sale whether b y retail
or wholesale ;
" bread " means household bread of any size or shape, a n d includes
what are commonly known as koullouria or paximadia, b u t does
not include cakes or biscuits ;
"registered b a k e r " means a person registered as a baker u n d e r
^ g Order and shall include anj^ person who had been registered as
a baker under the Defence (Bakers) Orders, 1940.
3. No person shall keep or work a bakery unless such person is
registered as a registered baker.
4. Any person desiring to be registered under this Order as a registered
baker shall complete and deliver to t h e Commissioner of his District an
application specifying the place at which t h e bakery which he intends
to keep or work is situate, and if his application is granted, such person
shall be registered as a registered baker a n d thereupon the Commissioner
of the District, shall grant to such person a certificate of registration.
5. No person—
(a) shall prepare, make or bake b r e a d for sale whether by retail or
wholesale, except at t h e bakery of a registered baker ;
(b) shall sell or offer for sale or expose for sale any bread, except
bread prepared, made or baked from an admixture of wheat
flour a n d barley flour and cooked potatoes in the proportions
specified in clause 6 of this Order.
6. No registered baker shall p r e p a r e , m a k e or bake bread in
his bakery, or shall allow or suffer b r e a d to be prepared, made
or baked in his bakery, except bread p r e p a r e d , made or baked from
a n admixture containing not less than 1 0 % of barley flour and not less
t h a n 1 0 % and n o t more t h a n 1 5 % of c o o k e d potatoes.
7. N o registered baker shall keep, or allow or suffer to be kept, any
bran in his b a k e r y .
8. Every registered baker shall k e e p in his bakery a book in which
he shall enter, or cause t o be entered, d a i l y particulars in respect of—
(a) t h e q u a n t i t y a n d price of w h e a t flour and of barley flour
a n d of p o t a t o e s purchased by h i m , a n d t h e name and address of
t h e vendor ; a n d
(6) t h e q u a n t i t y of wheat flour a n d of barley flour and of potatoes
utilized for t h e preparation or t h e m a k i n g or baking of bread in
his bakery ; a n d
(c) t h e n u m b e r of t h e loaves of b r e a d prepared or made or baked
in his b a k e r y .
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9. E v e r y registered baker shall permit such person as I, or the
Commissioner of the District in which his bakery is situated, may
authorize in writing in t h a t behalf, to enter upon his bakery and make—
(a) such enquiries or inspection therein; and
(b) such inspection of the book prescribed in clause 8 of this Order,
as m a y be necessary for t h e purpose of ascertaining whether the
provisions of this Order have been or are being complied with.
10. A t any time during the continuance of this Order I may, by
notification published in t h e Gazette, direct that bakeries in any town or
village specified in the notification shall be closed on such days as may be
specified in such notification or t h a t in such towns or villages as may be
specified in such notification no bread shall be prepared, made or baked
o n such days as m a y be specified therein.
11. A n y bread—
(a) prepared or made or baked in contravention of any of the
provisions of this Order or of any notification published under
clause 10 of this Order ; or
(b) sold or offered for sale or exposed for sale in contravention of
a n y of the provisions of this Order or of any notification published
under clause 10 of this Order,
m a y be seized by such person as I, or the Commissioner of the District
in which such bread is found, m a y authorize in writing in that behalf,
a n d m a y be disposed of in such manner as I, or t h e said Commissioner,
as t h e case may be, may direct, without prejudice t o any proceedings
which m a y be taken for a n y such contravention.
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12. Any person acting i n contravention of the provisions of this Order
or of any notification published under clause 10 of this Order, shall be
liable to t h e penalties prescribed in Regulation 94 of the Defence
Regulations, 1940.
13. This Order shall come into operation on t h e l o t h July, 1940, Gazettes:
a n d thereupon the Defence (Bakers) Orders, 1940, shall be repealed Supplement
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w i t h o u t prejudice to anything done or left undone thereunder.
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B . J . SUBRIDGE,
Registrar of Co-operative Societies,
Food Controller,
Competent Authority.
11.6.1940
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