Section 42: Right of entry
consolidated text (as at 2005). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
42. Right of entry
(1) A person authorised in writing by the Chairperson of the Board to act
on its behalf shall have access at any time to any land or premises used or
suspected of being used for the production, sale, purchase or storing of
green tobacco or of leaf tobacco and may search such land or premises and
examine all goods found there and seize any green tobacco, or leaf tobacco,
which cannot be satisfactorily accounted for by the owner or occupier of the
land or premises together with any books or documents relating to it.
(2) A person authorised in writing by the Chairperson of the Board to act
on its behalf may require any person engaged in the production of green tobacco, or in the production and sale of leaf tobacco, or in the manufacture of
tobacco to answer any question or to furnish any statement or to produce
any document which may be necessary to control the production of green
tobacco, or the production, purchase or sale of leaf tobacco.
(3) Any person who refuses to comply with a request or knowingly supplies information, statements or documents which are incorrect, under subsection (2), shall commit an offence.