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Inspection of stallions.
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22.—(1) An inspector may inspect and examine and any member of the Gárda Síochána may inspect at all reasonable times any stallion to which this Act applies or any stallion which is reasonably believed by such inspector or member to be a stallion to which this Act applies.
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(2) Any inspector or member of the Gárda Síochána may, for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred on him by this section, enter at all reasonable times any lands or premises on which any such stallion as is mentioned in the foregoing sub-section of this section is for the time being kept or is reasonably believed by such inspector or member to be so kept.
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(3) Every person who obstructs or impedes any inspector or any member of the Gárda Síochána in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
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(4) The powers conferred by this section on an inspector and on a member of the Gárda Síochána shall be exerciseable by such inspector and such member whether a licence or permit has or has not been granted under this Act in respect of the stallion which is the subject matter of the exercise of such powers.
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