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17.(1) It shall be the duty of [the Ministry of Home Affairs] to provide for the carrying out of this Part ..., and for that purpose they shall from time to time make inquiry whether there are any persons ... (a)who undertake the care and maintenance of children in respect of whom notice is required under section 1 or 5; or (b)who regularly receive children as mentioned in section 11(1). (2) If ... any such persons are found as are referred to in subsection (1), [the Ministry of Home Affairs] shall cause to be visited from time to time any children (a)in respect of whom notice is required under section 1 or 5, or (b)who are being looked after as mentioned in section 11(1), (3) [The Ministry of Home Affairs] may exempt from being visited, either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as they think fit, any particular premises ... which appear to them to be so conducted as to render their visitation unnecessary. (4) If any person undertaking the care and maintenance of any such children as aforesaid or regularly looking after children as mentioned in section 11(1) refuses to allow any person duly authorised by [the Ministry of Home Affairs] to visit or examine the children or the premises in which they are kept or looked after or the equipment of such premises he shall be guilty of an offence under this Part. (5) If any person so authorised is refused admittance to any premises in contravention of this Part, or has reason to believe that any children are being kept in any premises in contravention of this Part, he may apply to a justice of the peace who, on being satisfied, on a complaint in writing on oath, that there is reasonable ground for believing that an offence under this Part has been, is being or is about to be committed, may issue a warrant authorising that person to enter the premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether any offence under this Part has been, is being or is about to be committed, and, if the occupier of the premises or any other person wilfully obstructs any person acting in pursuance of such a warrant, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Part. (6) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section, where any person proposes to receive or has in his care (a)any child whose care and maintenance he has undertaken apart from any parent or guardian of the child's (whether a notice in respect of the child is required to be served under section 1 or not), or (b)any child with a view to adoption, (7) A person exercising any power of entry or inspection conferred by this section shall, if so required, produce his credentials.
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