Book required to be kept by licenced mineral dealer

(1) The holder of a mineral dealer’s licence shall keep a book in a form approved by the Inspector and shall record the following particulars, and such further particulars, if any, as the inspector may from time to time require– (a) the name and address of every person from whom reserved minerals are purchased during any month; (b) the date of every such purchase; (c) the weight and number of such reserved minerals purchased at any one time; (d) the name and address of every person to whom reserved minerals were sold or disposed of during the month; the weight and number of such reserved minerals; the number and date of the receipt given for the purchase money and the signature of the purchaser and, where exported through a local bank, the name of the bank and the date of export; and (e) the weight and number of reserved minerals on hand at the end of the month. (2) The holder of a mineral dealer’s licence if so requested by the Inspector or by an authorised officer, shall produce every such book for inspection by the Inspector or authorised officer, as the case may be. (3) The holder of a mineral dealer’s licence shall, within fifteen days following the preceding month, forward to the Inspector a certified copy of entries made in the book during the 28 Mines and Minerals preceding month and such other particulars as the Inspector may from time to time require. (4) The holder of a mineral dealer’s licence commits an offence where he– (a) fails to produce the book for inspection by the Inspector or an authorised officer pursuant to paragraph (2) above; or (b) wilfully makes or concurs in making any materially false entry in the book; or (c) fails to comply with any of the provisions of paragraph (3) above, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) or to imprisonment for a term of six months, or to both.