Section 124: Right of entry and control

124. Right of entry and control (1) Where a classified trade is carried on, or is reasonably suspected of being carried on, on any premises within the administrative area of a Municipal City Council, Municipal Town Council or District Council— (a) an authorised officer; (b) a medical officer or an inspector of the Ministry responsible for the subject of health; (c) a police officer or fire officer in uniform; or (d) a veterinary officer of the Ministry responsible for the subject of agriculture, may, for the purposes of this Act, enter and inspect the premises and request from any person in charge, or ostensibly in charge, of the premises, the production of the licence or permit, or the receipt acknowledging payment of the fee or the exemption certificate under section 122. [Issue 9] L18 – 76 Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) Any person who— (a) refuses or neglects to produce a licence or permit, or the receipt acknowledging payment of the fee or the exemption certificate under section 122, on demand of any person authorised under subsection (1) or obstructs, molests, insults or hinders any such person; (b) uses the premises for the purpose of a classified trade without having paid the trade fee for the purpose; (c) fails to comply with any condition of the licence or permit, or with any of the conditions referred to in section 123, or with any other prescribed condition, shall commit an offence. (3) Every officer referred to in subsection (1) (a) shall report to the Chief Executive any contravention relating to a classified trade not later than 5 days after detecting it. [S. 124 amended by s. 32 (l) of Act 18 of 2016 w.e.f. 7 September 2016.]