inspector has reason to believe any person is carrying on business, and may make such examination and inquiry as may be necessary for those purposes.
(3) The Registrar and every inspector when exercising any power under this Act are required to declare their office and produce their authority in writing to any person affected by the exercise of that power.
(4) Any person who fails to comply with a request made by or resists or obstructs the Registrar or an inspector in the performance of his or her duties under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(5) It is not an offence for any person to refuse to comply with any request made by the Registrar or an inspector, or to resist or obstruct the Registrar or an inspector in the performance of any of his or her duties under this Act, if the Registrar or inspector, as the case may be, fails to comply with subsection (3).
Power of Registrar to obtain further information
33.—(1) In order to obtain such information as the Registrar may consider necessary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Registrar may—
- (a) require any person carrying on business (A), any employee of A, any person apparently employed at A’s place of business, or any person apparently managing A’s business, to answer any question in writing which the Registrar considers necessary; or
- (b) summon any person referred to in paragraph (a) to appear before the Registrar or an inspector or any other public officer whom the Registrar may designate to answer any question orally.
(2) The Registrar may further require a person referred to in subsection (1) to make such further declaration or supply such further particulars as the Registrar may require.
