Peddler’s Licence

(1) Every person who– (a) in any street or public place in any town sells or exposes for sale imported goods; or (b) in any town acts as a peddler or hawker of imported goods, shall obtain from the Board for that town a licence which, according to the nature of the goods to be sold, shall be in one of the following forms, that is to say– (i) a special peddler’s licence authorising the holder, personally, to sell imported jewellery and all other imported goods, the prescribed fee in respect of which shall be paid in advance; or (ii) a general peddler’s licence authorising the holder, personally, to sell imported goods other than jewelry, the prescribed fee in respect of which shall be paid in advance. (2) Such licence shall be taken out in the name of one individual only who shall have the exclusive right to act thereunder. (3) Such licence shall in the case of an applicant who produces a certificate of residence issued under section 29, be in force for one year from the day whereon the licence is granted and in all other cases shall be in force for such period not exceeding seven days as the Board shall state therein. (4) Every peddler, hawker or other person who has obtained a licence under this section shall at all times on demand produce and show such licence to any justice of the peace, police officer, person to whom such peddler, hawker or other person offers his goods for sale, or officer of the Board. 17 (5) Every peddler, hawker, or other person who refuses on demand to show his licence to, and allow it to be read and a copy thereof taken by any of the persons authorised under sub-section (4), to demand it, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five dollars for each offence. (6) Every person who sells or exposes for sale, or acts as a peddler or hawker of imported jewellery or other imported goods without the licence required by this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. (7) The fine and the amount of the fee payable under this section shall be recoverable on information in the manner provided for in this Act. Business for