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Power of entry and investigation.
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9.—(1) Any member of the Gárda Síochána, if authorised in writing by any Inspector of the Gárda Síochána so to do, may enter at any time in the period of night any premises which are or which he believes or suspects to be a bakery to which this Act applies and may there make such searches and investigations as such member shall think proper, may ask of any person found in such premises such questions in relation to the said premises and the work done and business carried on therein as such member shall think proper, and may demand of any such person his name and address.
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(2) The occupier of any premises, which a member of the Gárda Síochána is entitled to enter under this section, shall do all such things and take all such steps as shall be reasonably required by such member to facilitate, in respect of such premises, the exercise by such member of any of the powers conferred on him by this section, and if any such occupier shall fail or refuse to do anything or to take any steps required of him as aforesaid he shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds,
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(3) Every person who shall do any of the following things, that is to say:—
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(a) obstruct or impede any member of the Gárda Síochána in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on such member 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 member in exercise of a power in that behalf conferred by this section, 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 name or his address is demanded of him by any such member in exercise of a power in that behalf conferred by this section fail or refuse to give his name or fail or refuse to give his address or give a name or an address which is false or misleading,
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shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
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