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Power of entry and examination by officers

Cap. 286, s. 13 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) An officer may at any time, either by day or night, enter any part of the entire premises of a brewer to take an account of the materials used or to be used in brewing and of the wort and beer produced. (2) Where an officer, after having demanded admission into the entered premises of a brewer and declared his name and business at any entrance or window thereof, is not immediately admitted, the officer, and any person acting in his aid, may at any time either by day or night (but at night only in the presence of a member of the Police Department), break open any door or window of the premises, or break through any wall thereof, for the purpose of obtaining admission, and the brewer commits an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

Amended by: 42 of 1999

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