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20. (1) Subject to this section, in any proceedings

for an offence under section 19 relating to pre-packed

goods, it shall be a defence for the person charged to

prove

(a)

that he purchased the goods from some other

person

(b)

(c)

(i) as being of the quantity which the

person charged purported to supply, or which

was stated in any invoice or similar document

relating to the purchase of the pre-packed

goods; or

(ii) as conforming with a statement marked on

the container of the pre-packed goods,

as the case may require;

that he so purchased the goods with a warranty

from that other person that they were of that

quantity or, as the case may be, did so conform;

that at the time of the commission of the offence

he had no reason to believe the statement

contained in the warranty to be inaccurate, that

he did in fact believe in its accuracy and, if

the warranty was given by a person who at the