Packing of Butter Act 1662 (c. 26)

III. Cheesemongers, &c. repacking Butter for Sale;

Penalty.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That from and after the [X1 said] First day of June which shall be in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty and two no Cheese monger or other person or persons whatsoever shall repack for sale any Butter in any Kinderkin Firkin or other Cask or Pott whatsoever upon pain and penalty that every Cheese monger or other person whatsoever which shall repack any Butter into any Kinderkin or Kinderkins Firkin or Firkins Cask or Casks Pot or Pots to sell the same again shall for every Firkin Cask or Pot so packed forfeit the su[m]m of Double the value of all such Butter.

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