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Section 5: Duty not to stock outside trading premises

Essential Commodities Act

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5. Duty not to stock outside trading premises (1) No person shall keep, in any place other than his trading premises, any essential commodity in such quantity as is not reasonably required by him for a domestic or other non-trading purpose. (2) Every person who is licensed as a general retailer (foodstuff) shall notify the Minister, in such form as the Minister may determine, of any godown or place other than his trading premises, where he keeps or stores the goods specified in subsection (1). (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), trading premises shall not be deemed to include any place which is not directly accessible from the place where customers are served.

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