Bread (Amendment) Act
Made 1983-02-10 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Subjects
- Food and nutrition
- Keywords
- food safety and quality, cereals/grains/rice, vending, inspection, fraud, agricultural commodities, internal trade
- Categories
- agriculture
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Cap. 547] BREAJ) (AMENDMENIJ AN Acr 1'0 AMEND THE BREAD ORDINANCE. CHAPTER 547 BREAD (AMENDMENT) (0) in the case of any bread which, in pursuance of any contract or agreement in that behalf, is supplied on. . any occasion many quantity not less than fifty kilogrammes and is weighed upon delivery ." . (a) in the case of fancy bread or roll, of any loaf of bread which is under two hundred and twenty five grammes in weight ; or Provided that nothing in the preceding provisions of this subsection shall apply loaf by an impression made in baking or on a band or wrapper affixed round or enclosing the loaf: (S) I I 362 (2) Subject as hereinafter provided, no baker or vendor of bread shall sell any loaf of bread or expose any such loaf for sale, unless the weight of the loaf is clearly marked on the 2. (1) No baker or vendor of bread shall sell any bread other than fancy bread or rolls, except in loaves weighing two hundred and twenty five grammes, four hundred and fifty grammes, nine hundred grammes or one thousand and eight hundred grammes. [low No. 40 of 1978 - Commencement-16tIJAugust,1978; Opemtion-1stAprit,1983.1 [Act. No. 10 0/1983 -Commenceme11f- 10tft Febnmry, 1983; Opemtion - 1 st Aprit 1983.1 2. Section 2 of the Bread Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor : " Sale of bread by weight, and marking of weight of loaves. 1. This Act may be cited as the Bread (Amendment) Act. Short title. Replacement of section 2 of Chapter 547. [§ 2, 10 of 19831. Law No. 40 of 1978, Act No. 10 of 1983.