Duty to keep members’ register, stock book and sale book

(1) The committee or governing body of every members’ club shall keep or cause to be kept a “Register of Members” in which shall be entered, book. (a) the name of every member; (b) his address, occupation or calling; (c) the date when he was elected a member; 18 (d) his class of membership; (e) the signature of the member, indicating his agreement to become a member; and (f) the date when he ceased to be a member, and the “Register of Members” shall at all times be and remain on the club premises and open to the inspection of all members of the club and other persons having statutory power to enter the club premises for any purpose whatsoever. (2) A list of all existing members of a members’ club shall at all times be kept posted at some conspicuous place inside the club-room. (3) The committee or governing body of every club shall keep or cause to be kept, (a) a stock book in which there shall be entered the quantities of each kind of excisable liquor purchased for the use of the club and the dates when purchased, the names and addresses of the persons from whom purchased, and the dates of delivery at the club premises; and (b) a sale book in which there shall be entered the quantity of each kind of excisable liquor supplied in the club in each month. (4) If, in any club, a stock book or a sale book is not kept or any entry is not made therein, as required under subsection (3) of this section, every member of the committee or governing body and the secretary commits an offence and is individually liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars. 19 (5) The secretary of every registered club shall deliver to the Financial Secretary in the month of January in each year, or within such further time as the Financial Secretary may in any case allow, a statement of the purchases during the preceding year of excisable liquor for the purpose of supplying in or to the club or to the members thereof, and if the secretary fails to deliver such a statement after three days’ notice in writing from the Financial Secretary requiring him to do so, he commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and in the case of a second or subsequent offence to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment. (6) Without prejudice to the liability of the officers and other members of the committee or governing body of a club to be prosecuted for failure to comply with this section, the secretary of every club shall be primarily liable to be proceeded against and punished for non-compliance with the section.