Section 16, The Hotel and Restaurant Act, 1980

Any person authorised in writing by the Minister for the purpose may at all reasonable times— (a) (i) enter without warrant any premises on which he has reasonable grounds for believing that a hotel business is being carried on, in contravention of the provisions of this Act and to see whether any other Law is being complied with; and (ii) examine and take copies of any register, book, account or document found on the premises relating to or appearing to relate to any hotel, night club or restaurant; (iii) take possession of any register, book, account or document found on these premises which he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be or to contain evidence of an offence under this Act or any other Law: (b) require any person who appears to be carrying on or employed in any hotel, night club or restaurant business to render such explanation and give such information relating to that business as he may reasonably require in the performance of his duties; (c) require any person who appears to be carrying on any hotel, night club or restaurant business by notice in writing to that person to produce to him, at a particular time and place, all or any of the registers, books accounts and documents relating or appearing to relate to that business. PART VI—LIABILITY OF A LICENSEE, MODE OF APPLICATION AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS [Margin: Penalty for obstruction or omission.]