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Section 154: Restrictions on sales, and &c, by persons collecting, or dealing in, rags, old clothes or similar articles.

Public Health Act 1936 · 1936 c. 49View on legislation.gov.uk

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Part V: Prevention, Notification and Treatment of Disease.

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No person who collects or deals in rags, old clothes or similar articles, and no person assisting, or acting on behalf of, any such person as aforesaid, shall—

in or from any shop or premises used for, or in connection with, the business of a dealer in any such articles as aforesaid; or
while engaged in collecting any such articles as aforesaid,

sell or deliver, whether gratuitously or not, any article of food or drink to any person, or any article whatsoever to a person under the age of fourteen years.

A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds,

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