Registration of Guests Act · 1984 Revised Edition
Section 4
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any Keeper of any specified premises who-
Keeper
"Keeper", in respect of any specified premises, includes the proprietor and manager thereof and any person for the time being authorised to permit persons to lodge in those premises;
fails to enter or cause to be entered in the register any particulars which he is required by this
Act to enter or cause to be entered therein; or 5
Offences
6
Registration of Guests
fails to furnish to the nearest Police Station any return which he is required by this Act to fur-nish; or
fails to produce any register which is re-quired to be made available or to be open for in-spection under subsection (3) of section 3, or ob-structs any police officer or registration officer when such officer or person is exercising his func-tions under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence:
Penalty, a fine of $8,000 and one year imprison-ment.
Any person who -
knowingly or recklessly makes, or causes or permits to be made in any register or in any return any statement which is false in a material particu-lar; or
without the approval of the registration officer, wilfully destroys, or mutilates or obliter-ates anything in any register; or
fails to furnish any information in his posses-sion which is demanded from him under subsection ( 4) of section 3, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $8,000 and one year imprisonment.
Any person required to be registered under section 3(1) (a)
who contravenes the provisions of section 3(2) shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of
$8,000 and one year imprisonment.
Rules
Terms defined in s 2
Keeper
Defined · s 2"Keeper", in respect of any specified premises, includes the proprietor and manager thereof and any person for the time being authorised to permit persons to lodge in those premises;
registration officer
Defined · s 2"registration officer" means a registration officer appointed under the National Registration Act;
specified premises
Defined · s 2"specified premises" means any premises, whether furnished or unfurnished, where lodging or sleep-ing accommodation is provided for reward. Obligation of Keepers of, and residents in specified premises