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Records to be kept at maternity homes.
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10.—(1) On and after the appointed day it shall be the duty of every person who is registered in respect of a maternity home under this Act to keep or cause to be kept at such maternity home records in the prescribed form—
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(a) every reception into such home;
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(b) every discharge from such home;
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(c) every confinement therein;
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(d) every miscarriage therein;
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(e) every birth therein;
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(f) every death therein;
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(g) every removal of a child therefrom and of the name of the person by whom and the address to which such child is removed;
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and within twelve hours after every such reception, discharge, confinement, miscarriage, birth, death or removal to enter in the said records the prescribed particulars thereof.
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(2) Every record kept in pursuance of this section may be inspected at all reasonable times by any authorised officer of the local authority within whose functional area the maternity home at which such record is required to be kept is situate, and it shall be the duty of the person liable under this section to keep such record to produce for inspection of such officer on demand such record.
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(3) Every record kept in pursuance of this section may be inspected at all reasonable times by any inspector, and it shall be the duty of the person liable under this section to keep such record to produce for inspection of an inspector on demand such record.
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(4) 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 fixed 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 authorised officer of a local authority any record which he is required by this section to produce to such officer or obstructs any such officer in the making of such inspection; or
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(d) fails to produce or cause to be produced for inspection by an inspector any record which he is required by this section to produce to such inspector or obstructs such inspector in the making of such inspection; or
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(e) makes or causes to be made in such record any entry which is false or misleading in any material particular;
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such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds and, in the case of a continuing offence under this section, to a further fine not exceeding one pound for every day during which the offence is continued.
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