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Powers of search for and examination of cattle and sheep.
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12.—(1) Every inspector of the Minister is hereby authorised and empowered to do all or any of the following things, that is to say:—
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(a) at all reasonable times to enter any lands or premises in which cattle or sheep are or are believed by him to be or to be kept;
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(b) to inspect and examine all cattle and sheep found in any lands or premises entered by him under this sub-section;
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(c) to ask of any person in charge of or having the custody or possession of any cattle or sheep found in the course of the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this sub-section such questions in relation to such cattle and sheep as such inspector shall think proper, and to demand and take the name and address of such person and also to demand and take from such person the name and address of the owner of all or any of such cattle and sheep;
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(d) to demand of any person in charge of or having the custody or possession of any such cattle or sheep the production of all records, invoices, consignment notes, receipts, and other documents (including copies thereof where the originals are not available) relating to such cattle or sheep and to take copies of and make extracts from any such documents (including as aforesaid).
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(2) Every person who shall do any of the following things, that is to say—
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(a) obstruct or impede any inspector of the Minister in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on such inspector by this section, or
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(b) fail or refuse to answer to the best of his knowledge and ability any question asked of him by any such inspector in exercise of any such power, or
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(c) give an answer to any such question which is to his knowledge false or misleading, or
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(d) when his own or any other name or address is demanded of him by any such inspector in exercise of any such power, fail or refuse to give such address, or give a name or an address which is false or misleading, or
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(e) fail or refuse to produce any document the production of which is lawfully demanded of him by such inspector in exercise of any such power or fail or refuse to permit any such inspector to take copies of or to make extracts from any such document,
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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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