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26 1937

CONTROL OF PRICES ACT, 1937

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Short title and commencement.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Control of Prices Act, 1937.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day as may be fixed therefor by order of the Minister.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;

the expression “dutiable article” means any article which, if imported, would on importation be liable to a customs duty;

the expression “restricted article” means any article the importation of which is prohibited or restricted by law;

the expression “set of conditions” includes a single condition;

the word “inspector” means a person authorised in writing by the Minister to exercise the powers conferred by this Act on an inspector;

the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act.

Articles acquired on hire-purchase system.

3. —Where any article is hired by a person under an agreement whereby it is provided that, upon payment by him of a specified number of instalments, the ownership of such article shall pass to him, such article shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been sold to him by the person from whom such article was hired, and such sale shall, for the said purpose, be deemed to have taken place on the date on which such agreement is entered into.

Offences.

4. —(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided by this Act, any offence under any section of this Act may be prosecuted by or at the suit of the Minister as prosecutor.

(2) Where an offence under any section of this Act was committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or approval of, or to have been facilitated by any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer of such body corporate, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of such offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

General regulations.

5. —The Minister may make regulations in relation to any matter or thing referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed.

Laying of orders and regulations before Dáil Eireann.

6. —Every order and regulation made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before Dáil Eireann as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling such order or regulation is passed by Dáil Eireann within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which Dáil Eireann has sat after such order or regulation is laid before it, such order or regulation (as the case may be) shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything done previously under such order or regulation.

Repeal of the Control of Prices Act, 1932 .

7. —The Control of Prices Act, 1932 (No. 33 of 1932), is hereby repealed.

Expenses.

8. —All expenses of carrying this Act into execution shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.