Registration of employers

(1) Every employer to whom section 30 of this Act applies shall, (a) within thirty days after the commencement of this Act in the case of an employer already in business; or (b) within thirty days after commencing business, make application for registration to the Labour Commissioner on the prescribed form. (2) The Labour Commissioner shall, upon the receipt by him of an application under subsection (1) of this section containing the particulars specified in the prescribed form and on being satisfied that the particulars are correct forthwith, register the employer and the particulars thereof to which the application relates and he shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration on the prescribed form. (3) Where any change takes place in any of the particulars registered under subsection (1) of this section, the employer shall within thirty days after the date upon which the change takes place, make application to the Labour Commissioner for the registration of the change and the Labour Commissioner shall amend the register accordingly and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration of the change in the particulars previously registered. (4) The Labour Commissioner may take such steps as he may consider necessary to ascertain whether the particulars supplied by the employers who apply for registration are correct. (5) Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section, or who wilfully delays or obstructs the Labour Commissioner or any officer appointed by him in the exercise of any power, duty or function under this section commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.