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Where occupier obstructs the carrying out of the orders of the Director of Health Services

Cap. 40, s. 207 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) If the occupier of any premises prevents the owner thereof from obeying and carrying into effect this Act, any magistrate may, if he sees fit, make an order for the carrying into effect of this Act, and if such occupier fails to comply therewith within twenty-four hours after the making of the order, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every day during the continuance of such non- compliance. 105 (2) The occupier of any premises, who, when requested by or on behalf of the Director of Health Services or a Town Council, to state the name of the owner of the premises occupied by him, refuses or wilfully omits to disclose or wilfully misstates the same, shall, unless he shows cause to the satisfaction of the court for his refusal, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
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