TRADING COUPONS
LEGALITY OF A COMPETITION. COURT RESERVES DECISION. By Telegraph—Press Association., Wellington, Last Provisions of the Trading Coupons Act and the definition of a trading coupon formed the basis of a case heard, oy Mr. H. P. Lawry, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court to-day. The case arose as he result of a prosecution brought by the Department of Industries and Commerce against Self-Help Co-op. Ltd. which was charged with redeeming a trading coupon issued by it otherwise than in conformity with section 4 of* the Trading Coupons Act, 1931. The offence was alleged to have been committed through the action of the company in offering a motor-car as a prize in a competition for which the entry fee was an empty packet of Self-Help tea. It was contended that the packet came within the definition of a trading coupon as specified in section 2 of the Act, because it conferred a benefit upon the entrant and also that it had not been redeemed unconditionally and only for money as specified in section 4 of the Act. The defence was based mainly upon the meaning of the words “discount, gift allowances, concession or benefit” in the definition of a trading coupon.
After hearing lengthy legal alignment the magistrate reserved his decision.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1935, Page 4
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