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In force2020 Revised Edition

Part 8 · Administration and Enforcement, Etc.

47. Power to demand names and addresses on entering premises

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(1)

An authorised officer who enters premises under section 46 may require any person found on the premises to —

(a)

give the person’s name and address and any other proof of identity; and

(b)

provide any other particulars,as the authorised officer may require for the purposes of this Act.

(2)

A person who, upon being required by the authorised officer to give the person’s name and address or other proof of identity or to provide any particulars under subsection (1) —

(a)

refuses to do so;

(b)

wilfully misstates the person’s name and address or proof of identity; or

(c)

provides false particulars,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

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