DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST TRAFFIC ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1948

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DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST TRAFFIC ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1948 - SECT 23

Enforcement.

23.(1) Any officer or servant of the Board may, at all reasonable times and on
production if so required of his authority to act in that behalf, enter and
inspect any catering establishment or premises which he has reasonable cause
to believe are being used as such and may require the proprietor of, or any
person employed by such proprietor and found in such establishment or premises
to furnish such information in relation thereto as may be reasonably necessary
for the purposes of this Part of this Act:

Provided that a person shall not be required under this sub-section to answer
any question or to give any evidence tending to criminate himself.

(2) Every person who

(a)obstructs or impedes any officer or servant of the Board in the exercise of
any of the powers conferred by this section; or

(b)fails or refuses to give to any officer or servant of the Board on demand
any information which such officer or servant is entitled to demand under this
section; or

(c)wilfully gives to any officer or servant of the Board information which is
false or misleading in a material particular;

(3) Any offence under this Part of this Act may be prosecuted by or at the
suit of the Board as prosecutor:

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall affect the right of any other
person to prosecute in respect of any such offence.

(4) Where an offence under this Part of this Act was committed by a body
corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or approval
or to have been facilitated by any neglect or default on the part of any
director, manager, secretary or other officer of such body corporate such
director, manager, secretary or other officer shall be deemed to be guilty of
such offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished
accordingly.[

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DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST TRAFFIC ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1948 - SECT 23