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Registers to be kept on registered premises.
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26.—(1) It shall be the duty of every registered wholesaler to keep or cause to be kept, in every registered premises of which he is the registered proprietor, a register in the prescribed form of all eggs acquired by him and brought on to or sold on or dispatched from those premises and, within twelve hours after the acquisition, sale, or dispatch of any such eggs, to enter or cause to be entered in such register the prescribed particulars in relation to those eggs.
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(2) It shall be the duty of every registered dealer—
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(a) to keep or cause to be kept, in every registered premises of which he is the registered proprietor, a register in the prescribed form of all eggs acquired at or sold on or dispatched from those premises, and within twelve hours after the acquisition, sale or dispatch of any such eggs, to enter or cause to be entered in such register the prescribed particulars in relation to those eggs, and
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(b) to keep or cause to be kept in his registered premises or (where he has more than one registered premises) in such one of those premises as shall be selected by him, a register in the prescribed form of all eggs acquired, sold, or dispatched by him elsewhere than on his, or any of his, registered premises, and within thirty-six hours after the acquisition, sale or dispatch of any such eggs to enter or cause to be entered in such register the prescribed particulars in relation to those eggs, and
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(c) where he has more than one registered premises, to notify to the Minister the premises selected by him for the purposes of the next preceding paragraph of this sub-section and not to alter such selection without the consent of the Minister.
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(3) It shall be the duty of every registered retailer to keep or cause to be kept, in every registered premises of which he is the registered proprietor, a register in the prescribed form of all eggs acquired by him and brought on to the said premises (whether such eggs are or are not acquired at the said registered premises), and, within twelve hours after the acquisition of any such eggs, to enter or cause to be entered in such register the prescribed particulars in relation to those eggs.
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(4) It shall be the duty of every registered preserver to keep or cause to be kept, in every registered premises of which he is the registered proprietor, a register in the prescribed form of all eggs received at or dispatched from those premises and, within twelve hours after the receipt or dispatch of any such eggs, to enter or cause to be entered in such register the prescribed particulars in relation to those eggs.
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(5) Every register kept in pursuance of this section may be inspected at any time during office hours by any inspector, and it shall be the duty of the registered proprietor to produce for the inspection of the inspector on demand such register and also all invoices, delivery or consignment notes, receipts and other documents (including copies thereof where the originals are not available) reasonably demanded by the inspector for the purpose of verifying any entry in or explaining any omission from such register.
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(6) If any registered proprietor—
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(a) fails to keep or cause to be kept such register or registers as is or are required by this section, or
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(b) fails to make or cause to be made in any such register within the time prescribed by this section any entry required by this section to be made therein, or
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(c) fails to produce or cause to be produced for the inspection of an inspector on demand any register, document or copy of a document which he is required by this section so to produce, or obstructs any inspector in the making of an inspection, or
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(d) wilfully or negligently makes or causes to be made in any such register any entry which is false or misleading in a material particular,
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he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first such offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and in the case of a second or any subsequent such offence, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
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(7) For the purpose of this section—
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(a) inspection of a register or document shall include taking copies thereof or extracts therefrom; and
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(b) a demand for inspection of a register or other document shall be deemed to have been duly made to the registered proprietor if such demand is made verbally on the registered premises to any person in the employment of the registered proprietor; and
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(c) a refusal or failure to produce a register or other document for inspection, if made or committed on the registered premises by a person in the employment of the registered proprietor, shall be deemed to have been made or committed by the registered proprietor; 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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(8) References in this Act (other than this section) to a register kept under this Act or to a register kept in pursuance of this Act shall not include any register kept in pursuance of this section.
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