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BREAD (IRELAND) ACT 1838

BREAD (IRELAND) ACT 1838 - LONG TITLE

An Act . . .{1} to provide . . .{1} Regulations for the making
and Sale of Bread, and for preventing the Adulteration of Meal,
Flour, and Bread, in that part of the United Kingdom called
Ireland.{2}
[4th July 1838]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1890 (No.2)

S.1 rep. by SLR 1874 (No. 2). S.2 rep. by 1958 c.27 (NI) s.73(1)
sch.4 Pt.I. Ss.36 rep. by 1967 c.6 (NI) s.44(1) sch.7 Pt.I. Ss.712
rep. by SLR 1874 (No. 2); SLR 1892; 1953 c.14 (NI) s.1(2); 1954
c.9 (NI) s.29 sch.7; SLR (NI) 1954; 1958 c.27 (NI) s.73(1) sch.4
Pt.I

BREAD (IRELAND) ACT 1838 - SECT 13
Bakers not to bake bread or rolls on the Lord's Day, or sell
bread or bake pies, &c. except between certain hours.

13. Provided always, that no master or mistress, journeyman or other
person, respectively exercising the trade or calling of a baker in
Ireland shall, on the Lord's Day, or on any part thereof, make or
bake any bread, rolls, or cake of any sort or kind, or shall, on
any other part of the said day than between the hours of nine of
the clock in the forenoon and one of the clock in the afternoon,
on any pretence whatsoever, sell or expose for sale, or permit or
suffer to be sold, delivered, or exposed for sale, any bread,
rolls, or cakes of any sort or kind, or bake or deliver, or
permit or suffer to be baked or delivered, any meat, pudding, pie,
tart, or victuals, except as herein-after is excepted, or in any
other manner exercise the trade or calling of a baker, or be
engaged or employed in the business or occupation thereof, save and
except so far as may be necessary in setting and superintending the
sponge to prepare the bread or dough for the following day; and
every person offending against the last-mentioned regulations, or any
one or more of them, and being thereof convicted before any justice
of the peace ..., within ten days from the commission thereof,
either upon the view of such justice, or on confession by the
party, or proof by one or more credible witness or witnesses upon
oath or affirmation, shall for every such offence pay and undergo
the forfeiture, penalty, and punishment herein-after mentioned; (that
is to say,) for the first offence the penalty of [50p], for the
second offence the penalty of [#1], and for the third and every
subsequent offence respectively the penalty of [#2]; ...: Provided
nevertheless, that it shall be lawful for every baker in Ireland to
deliver to his or her customer or customers on the Lord's Day any
bakings (that is to say,) baked dishes, meat, or puddings (but not
bread), until half an hour past one of the clock in the afternoon
of that day, without incurring or being liable to any of the
penalties in this Act contained.

S.14 rep. by 1954 c.11 (NI) s.3 sch.; 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7

BREAD (IRELAND) ACT 1838 - SECT 15
Penalty for opposing execution of Act.

15. In case any person or persons shall resist or make forcible
opposition against any person or persons employed in the due
execution of this Act, every such person offending therein shall for
every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding five
pounds at the discretion of the magistrate ..., before whom he,
she, or they shall be convicted of such offence.

Ss.1620 rep. by SLR 1892. S.21 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954. S.22 rep.
by SLR 1892. S.23 rep. by SLR 1976; SL(R) 1976. S.24 rep. by SLR
(NI) 1954. Ss.25, 26 rep. by SLR 1894. S.27 rep. by SLR (NI)
1954. Ss.28, 29 rep. by SLR 1874 (No. 2). S.30 rep. by SLR 1888
(No. 2). S.31 rep. by SLR 1874 (No. 2)