Section 14, The Hotel and Restaurant Act, 1980

(1) The Minister may make Regulations for the proper carrying out of the provisions and purposes of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) such Regulations may— 14 No. 2 Hotel and Restaurant 1980 (a) make provision for the classification of hotels, night clubs and restaurants and the standards appropriate to each class; (b) prescribe the minimum size of rooms in hotels or in particular classes of hotels either absolutely or in relation to the number of persons permitted to be accommodated in such rooms; (c) fix maximum charges which may be made by any hotel and restaurant in the country; (d) prescribe the duties and obligations of a licensee in relation to the carrying on or management of a hotel, night club or restaurant business, whether generally or in respect of any class of hotel, night club or restaurant; (e) provide for the display of tariffs in hotels, night clubs or restaurants showing particulars of the maximum charges to be made therein; (f) provide for returns to be submitted to the Minister by hotels, night clubs and restaurants, including returns relating to business accepted by hotels from or in respect of persons resident and firms located outside Sierra Leone; (g) prescribe the procedure to be followed by the Minister in the performance of his functions under this Act; (h) prescribe the forms to be used and fees to be paid for things to be done under this Act. [Margin: Penalty.] (3) Any person who fails to comply with the obligations imposed by sub-section (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred leones for the first such offence in a calendar year and a fine not exceeding one thousand leones for the second and succeeding offences. [Margin: A levy on Tourists.]