Section 15Part 3 — OPERATION OF SECONDHAND DEALING BUSINESS
Access to employee records
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A secondhand dealer shall, when required to do so —
by a trade officer in furtherance of an inspection show him, without delay, the employee records and any information contained in the records;
by a police officer in furtherance of an investigation show him, without delay, the employee records and any information contained in the records; and
make a copy of all or any specified parts of the record and give the copy to the trade officer or police officer, as the case may be, and, where it is impracticable to make a copy, hand over to the trade officer or the police officer the employee record or specified parts of it.
Where a secondhand dealer hands over an employee's record to a trade officer or a police officer, the recipient shall —
give a receipt for the document; and
return it within twelve hours.
A secondhand dealer who fails to comply with the provisions in this section without reasonable excuse commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both.