226 Ch. 30. No. 6.) Food and Fuel Control.

CHAPTER 30. No. 6.
FOOD AND FUEL CONTROL.

Crap AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORISE THE GOVERNOR TO FIX
1940. MAXIMUM PRICES FOR THE SALE OF FOODSTUFFS AND
FUEL FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE COLONY, AND TO
AUTHORISE THE SEIZURE OF FOODSTUFFS AND FUEL WITH
A VIEW TO THEIR SALE FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE

COLONY.

Conimence- [15th September, 1920. ]

ment.

1. Vhis Ordinance may be cited as the Food and Fuel
Control Ordinance.

Interpres 2. In this Ordinance.--

tation,

foodstulf ”’ includes anything capable of being used
as food for man or of being converted into food for man;

fucl includes all mineral and vegetable oils and
their derivatives, firewood, coal, lignite, and charcoal.

Power to fix 3. (1) The Governor may, if he thinks fit, by order

prices of food Published in the Royal Gazette, fix the maximum retail price

and fuel. and also, if he thinks fit, the maximum wholesale price at
which anv foodstuff or fuel, whether imported or produced
or manufactured in the Colony, may be sold or bought for
consumption in the Colony, and may in like manner—

(a) fix different prices for the sale of any foodstuff
or fuel in different localities ;°

(b) fix different prices for the sale of any imported
foodstuff or fuel and for the sale of the same foodstuff
or fuel produced or manufactured in the Colony;