Power to enter club premises on suspicion that excisable liquor is being sold contrary to law

(1) Any customs or excise officer, or any police officer not below the rank of sergeant, with such assistance as he may think necessary, may enter at any time, by force if necessary, the premises of any club, whether registered or unregistered, where there is reasonable cause to suspect that any excisable liquor is being sold or kept for sale, for the purposes of preventing or detecting the violation of any of the provisions of this Act and to remain on such premises for so long as is necessary for the carrying out of his duty. (2) The persons mentioned in subsection (1) of this section may, 22 (a) take the names and addresses of any person found within the club so entered and seize all books and papers relating to the business of such club and all excisable liquor found therein. If any person so found within the club refuses or fails to give his true name and address, he commits an offence and may be arrested without warrant, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months; (b) demand from the secretary of such club all books and papers relating to the business of the club and if on such demand the secretary refuses or fails to deliver all such books and papers relating to the business of the club it shall be lawful for the court to make an order directing that such club be struck off the (3) Any officer, member or servant of a club who obstructs or prevents, or attempts to obstruct or prevent any such customs, excise or police officer from having free access to the club premises or from obtaining information such as he is empowered to obtain for the purposes of this Act, commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars for the first offence and for any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.