I move amendment No. 37 :—
Before Section 65 to insert a new section as follows :—
(1) On and after the appointed day the Minister may by order under this Act prohibit or restrict the exports of cold stored bacon from Saorstát Eireann by any licence.
(2) If any person exports bacon in contravention of this order the person exporting such bacon shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding £100.
This amendment is to substitute for Section 65 a new section which, it seemed to me, would implement the Minister's purposes more effectively than the section which stands in the Bill. It is dependent, however, on the Minister's interpretation of the present section, and I should be glad to hear from him what purpose he had in view when he drafted Section 65. Is it for the purpose of preventing the export of cold stored bacon ?