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Section 83, The Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or
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(I) Any person exercising, carrying on, or practising any Penalties.trade, business or profession mentioned in Part I of the Third
Schedule, or being the owner or person making use in any public
place in the Rural Area of any vehicle mentioned in Part II of
the Third Schedule or doing any of the acts or things mentioned
in Part III of the Third Schedule, who shall upon demand being
made by any member of the Police Force or any inspector of
licences appointed by the Rural Area Council, a rural district
council or a village committee refuse or fail without reasonable
cause to produce and show his licence for exercising, carrying on
or practising any such trade, business or profession, or for such
vehicle, or for doing any such acts or things, shall be liable
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
(2) Every person committing any breach of the provisions
contained in this part shall for every such offence be liable, on
summary conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding fifty
pounds, and in default of payment to imprisonment, without
hard labour, for any period not exceeding six months.
(3) Any person who shall let out, hire or lend his licence, or
who not having taken out a licence under this part shall produce,
exhibit or use any paper with intent to cause it to be believed
that he has duly taken out a licence as aforesaid, shall for every
such offence be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine
?-ot exceeding twenty pounds, and in default of payment to
Imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any period not
exceeding three months: .
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Provided that it shall be lawful for a rural district council to
grant to any person such number of hawkers' or pedlars'
licences and certificates as it may think fit, and such person may,
while such licences are in force, transfer the same from and to
any other person in his employ.
Any person to whom such licence is transferred shall be
deemed to be a licensee during such time as he holds such
licence, and shall be subject to all the provisions of section 81 (3).
PART XIV.-REVENUE oF LocAL AuTHORITIES.
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