Section 12, The Hotel and Restaurant Act, 1980

(1) Every holder of a hotel licence shall keep a register in his hotel and shall enter or cause to be entered in such register the name and address of every guest who stays at the hotel and such other particulars as may be prescribed. (2) Every holder of a hotel licence shall in addition enter or cause to be entered regularly in records kept for purpose of all such particulars as may be prescribed. (3) Any person who fails to comply with this section or who makes or causes or permits to be made in any register or record required by this section to be kept any entry which he knows or has reason to believe to be false, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred leones or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months. [Margin: Liability of guests.]