HC Deb 30 April 1971 vol 816 c885
(1) Any person who offers a packet containing manufactured tobacco products for wholesale or retail sale within Great Britain which is not labelled in accordance with the provisions of sections 1 and 4 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence.
5 (2) Any manufacturer of cigarettes who fails to comply with the provisions of section 2 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person who publishes or broadcasts any advertisement which fails to comply with the provisions of section 3 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence.
10 (4) Any manufacturer of a manufactured tobacco product who, when purporting to comply with the provisions of section 4 of this Act, knowingly issues an inaccurate or misleading description of the composition of any tobacco shall be guilty of an offence.
(5) Subject to the provisions of section 5(2) of this Act, any person who offers, for wholesale or retail sale within Great Britain, a manufactured tobacco product which does not comply with regulations regarding content made under sections 5 and 6 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence.
15 (6) Any body or person found guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both a fine and imprisonment.

As Amendments to the proposed new Clause:

Amendment (a), in line 1, after 'who', insert 'knowingly'.

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