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Inspection of machines for sale of certain goods.
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29.—(1) Any officer of customs and excise may at any reasonable hour enter any premises on which goods, for the sale of which an excise licence is required, are sold by means of an automatic machine or other mechanical contrivance or on which he believes or suspects that any such goods are so sold and may there search for such machine or contrivance and may inspect and operate any such machine or contrivance found by him on such premises.
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(2) It shall be the duty of the occupier of any premises on which there is any such automatic machine or mechanical contrivance as is mentioned in the foregoing sub-section to give to any officer of customs and excise such information in respect of such machine or contrivance as is reasonably demanded of him by such officer and in particular to give to such officer on demand the name and address of the person to whom such machine or contrivance belongs or by whom the same was supplied and the name and address of the person by whom the goods contained in or sold by means of such machine or contrivance were supplied.
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(3) Any person who—
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(a) resists or obstructs an officer of customs and excise in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on such officer by this section, or
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(b) fails or refuses to give to an officer of customs and excise any information in his possession or procurement demanded of him by such officer under this section, or
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(c) on a demand for information being made to him under this section by an officer of customs and excise, gives to such officer any information which is false or misleading in any material respect,
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shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to an excise penalty of fifty pounds.
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