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Occupier of
unlicensed
premises.

Unlawful
sale.

Books to be

kept.
Schedule.
Form A.

Form B,

Prohibition
of sale to
children.

Ch. 30. No. 4.} Explosives.

14. The occupier of any unlicensed premises on which
gunpowder is sold or offered for sale, or if such ‘premises
are occupied by more than one person every occupier
thereof, shall be hable to a fine of one hundred and forty-four
dollars unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Magistrate
by whom the case is heard that he had no notice of such
sale or offering or exposing for sale, or that, having such
notice, he took all reasonable means to prevent such sale
or offering or exposing for sale, and, as soon as he reasonably
could, gave information thereof to a member of the Police
Force.

15. Every person who-—--

(a) not being a wholesale dealer or a retail dealer,
sells gunpowder, or offers or exposes the same for sale,
or

(6) being a wholesale dealer or a retail dealer, sells
gunpowdcr, or offers or exposes the same for sale, on any
premises other than those mentioned in his licence,

shall be liable to a fine of two hundred and forty dollars.

16. (1) Ievery wholesale dealer or retail dealer shall keep
on his licensed premises a book to be called the Gunpowder
Receipt Book according to the form A in the Schedule
hereto, and another book to be called the Gunpowder
Delivery Book in the form B in the said Schedule, and he
shall, immediately on the receipt or delivery of any gun-
powder, make the proper entries in the said books according
to the said forms.

(2) Every wholesale dealer or retail dealer who shall
omit to make any such entry, or shall make any entry which
shall be false in any particular, shall be liable to a fine of
two hundred and forty dollars.

17. Gunpowder shall not be sold to any child apparently
under the age of sixteen years, whether for his own use or
the use of any other person. Any person who sells gun-
powder contrary to this section shall be liable to a fine of
twenty-four dollars.