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Appoint -
ment of
Inspectors.
Ord, 27-
ofl, s.

Powers :
duties oft
Inspectors
and members
ol the Pohee
Force.
Ord 27

Lote,

Power to
make Shop
Orders
limiting the
opening
hours of
shops and
hours of em-
ployment
therein.
Ch.31. No.14
- 1940, 6. 3.

Ch. 31. No. 14.| Shop (Hours of Opening and Employment).

cessing or manufacture of goods which are of a des-
cription ordinarily disposed of in substantial quantities
otherwise than in the course of controlled business.

3. The Governor may appoint one or more persons to be
Inspectors for the purposes of this Ordinance,

4. (1) For the purpose of ascertaining whether the
provisions of this Ordinance or of any Shop Order are
being, or have been, duly observed) and obeyed, any
Inspector and any member of the Police Force not below
the rank of subordinate police officer shall have the right
to enter any premises or places which are, or which he may
have grounds for suspecting to be, a shop at any time when
such premises or places are open for business, and to require
admission to any such premises or places, whether open for
business or not, at any time when he has grounds for
suspecting that any provision of this Ordinance or of a
Shop Order is being, or has recently been, contravened
therein, and to inspect such premises or places and to
‘xamiNe any person employed in or about such premises
or places and to require production to him of any books or
documents relating to the subject matter of the investiga-
tion,

(2) Hf any person wilfully delays or obstructs an
Inspector or a member of the Police Force in the exercise
of any powers conferred by this section, or fails to give
information properly requested, or to produce books or
documents properly called for, in exercise of such powers,
or prevents or attempts to prevent any person from
appearing before or being examined by an Inspector or
member of the Police Force, or conceals or attempts to
conceal any person with the same object, he shall be liable
on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred and forty
dollars.

5. (1) The Governor in Council may, if he thinks fit,
make an order (in this Ordinance referred to as a ‘‘ Shop
Order ”’) fixing the hours (in this Ordinance referred to as
the “ opening hours "’) on the several days of the week,
including Sundays and public holidays, during which,