Section 10 Restriction on publication of agricultural charges.

It shall not be lawful to print for publication or publish any list of agricultural charges or of the names of farmers who have created agricultural charges.

If any person acts in contravention of this section, he shall in respect of each offence be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F1level 2 on the standard scale;

No prosecution for an offence under this section shall be commenced without the consent of the Attorney-General.

For the purpose of this section, “publication” means the issue of copies to the public, and “publish” has a corresponding meaning, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing definition the confidential notification by an association representative of a particular trade to its members trading or carrying on business in the district in which property subject to an agricultural charge is situate of the creation of the charge shall not be deemed to be publication for the purposes of this section.