Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976)33. Publication or distribution of false or misleading advertisements |
| (1) | No person shall publish or distribute or cause or permit to be published or distributed any false or misleading advertisement concerning plants, propagating material or premises. |
[Section 33 (1) substituted by section 25 of Act No. 25 of 1996]
| (2) | It shall be a sufficient defence for any person, other than the person selling the plants or propagating material to which the false or misleading advertisement relates, who is charged with a contravention of subsection (1), if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that he did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known that the advertisement was false or misleading in any respect, unless it is proved that the accused failed on demand by the registrar or a police official to furnish the name and address of the person at whose instance the advertisement was published or distributed. |