S.L. 117.13 Art. 19Manufacturers found guilty of offences.

(1) The Court by which a manufacturer is found guilty of an offence under these regulations consisting in purchasing tomatoes at a price lower than the minimum price fixed by an order made under regulation 6(1) or in not fulfilling any condition specified by such an order, shall order the offender to pay to the person from or through whom the tomatoes were purchased the difference between the price fixed by the order and that agreed upon, together with any amount which may be deemed reasonable by the Court to compensate the producer for the non-fulfilment on the part of a manufacturer of any condition specified in the order and to make the payment of the sum so assessed within such time not exceeding one month as the Court shall prescribe, on pain of a penalty of not less than two euros and thirty-three cents (2.33) each day of default in case of non-compliance with such order within the time fixed, and saving the right of the producer, pitkal or society to whom the amount is due to recover it by civil process before the competent Civil Court, for which purpose the order for the payment made by the Court of Magistrates shall constitute an executive title and may be enforced by the creditor after two days following the service on the debtor of a demand for payment made by a judicial act.

(2) The amount which a manufacturer may be ordered by the Court to pay under sub-regulation (1) shall be irrespective of the price actually agreed upon, which price may be recovered according to the law.