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Records to be kept on registered premises.
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19.—(1) It shall be the duty of the registered proprietor of every registered slaughtering premises to keep or cause to be kept in such premises such records as the Minister may, in each individual case, consider satisfactory of all consignments of fresh meat and offals exported from those premises, whether such fresh meat or offals are or are not the property of such registered proprietor, and within twelve hours after the despatch of any such consignment to enter or cause to be entered in such records such particulars as the Minister may require of the fresh meat and offals comprised therein and the name and address of the person to whom and the route by which the same was consigned.
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(2) It shall be the duty of every licensed exporter who is not the registered proprietor of the premises in respect of which he is so licensed to keep or cause to be kept in such premises such, records as the Minister may, in each individual case, consider satisfactory of all consignments of fresh meat and offals exported by him or by any other person on his behalf from those premises, and within twelve hours after the despatch of any such consignment to enter or cause to be entered in such records such particulars as the Minister may require of the fresh meat and offals comprised therein and the name and address of the person to whom and the route by which the same was consigned.
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(3) It shall be the duty of the registered proprietor of any premises registered in the register of crating premises to keep or cause to be kept in such premises such records as the Minister may, in each individual case, consider satisfactory of all consignments of beef, pork, mutton and lamb crated in such premises, and within twelve hours after the despatch of any such consignment to enter or cause to be entered”in such records such particulars as the Minister may require of the consignment of beef, pork, mutton or lamb comprised therein and the name and address of the exporter and the person to whom and the route by which the same was consigned.
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(4) Every record kept in pursuance of this section may be inspected at any time during office hours by an inspector, and it shall be the duty of the person liable under this section to keep such record to produce for the inspection of such inspector on demand such record and also all invoices, consignment notes, receipts and other documents (including copies thereof where the originals are not available) reasonably demanded by such inspector for the purpose of verifying any entry in or explaining any omission from such record.
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(5) If any person—
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(a) fails to keep or cause to be kept such record as is required by this section to be kept or caused to be kept by him; or
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(b) fails to make or cause to be made in such record within the time prescribed by this section any entry required by this section to be made by him therein; or
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(c) fails to produce or cause to be produced for inspection by an inspector on demand any record, document, or copy of a document which he is required by this section to produce or obstructs any inspector in the making of such inspection; or
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(d) wilfully or negligently makes or causes to be made in such record any entry which is false or misleading in any material particular,
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he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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(6) For the purpose of this section—
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(a) inspection of a record or document shall include taking copies thereof or extracts therefrom; and
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(b) a demand for inspection of a record or other document shall be deemed to have been duly made to the registered proprietor or licensed exporter (as the case may be) if such demand is made verbally on the registered premises to any person in the employment of the registered proprietor or licensed exporter (as the case may be); and
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(c) a refusal or failure to produce a record or other document for inspection, if made or committed on the registered premises, by a person in the employment of the registered proprietor or licensed exporter (as the case may be) shall be deemed to have been made or committed by the registered proprietor or licensed exporter (as the case may be); and
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(d) the expression “office hours” means any time between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and five o'clock in the afternoon during which business is being carried on or work is being done on the registered premises.
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