Except in accordance with a permit in that behalf given by the Director-General of Agriculture, no person shall send to any grading store for the purpose of being graded or export or attempt to export any butter which contains more than sixteen per cent of water or less than eighty per cent of butterfat or any cheese of which the water-free substance consists of less than fifty per cent of fats wholly derived from milk.

Any permit given under subsection one of this section shall not apply in respect of whey butter or creamery butter and any such permit shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed therein.

Where any butter or cheese is sent to a grading store in contravention of this section, the owner of the butter or cheese shall cause the same to be treated and disposed of in such manner as an Inspector may direct, or the Inspector may, at the expense of the owner, cause the same to be treated and disposed of in such manner as he thinks fit.

Any person who sends any butter or cheese to a grading store or who exports or attempts to export any butter or cheese in contravention of this section, and any person who fails to comply with a direction of an Inspector under subsection three of this section, commits an offence against this Act.”