Section 73: Grant or refusal of canvasser permit

73. Grant or refusal of canvasser permit (1) Subject to subsection (4), the Authority may grant the application and issue a canvasser permit— (a) where it is satisfied that the applicant or the person appointed as canvasser by him, as the case may be, is a fit and proper person to act as a canvasser; and (b) subject to— (i) the payment of the prescribed fee; and (ii) such terms and conditions as the Authority may determine. (2) Every canvasser shall at all times carry his canvasser permit or a copy thereof. (3) No canvasser permit shall be granted to an applicant for a region where he already holds a canvasser permit for that region. (4) Where a canvasser permit has not been renewed and has lapsed under section 75 (3) and the applicant applies for another canvasser permit in his own name, or in that of any of his employees he wishes to appoint as a canvasser, as the case may be, the Authority may grant the application and issue a canvasser permit— (a) where it is satisfied that the applicant or the person appointed as canvasser by him, as the case may be, is a fit and proper person to act as a canvasser; and T11 – 39 [Issue 4] Tourism Authority Act (b) subject to— (i) the payment of double the prescribed fee; (ii) such terms and conditions as the Authority may determine. [S. 73 amended by s. 24 of Act 3 of 2008 w.e.f. 1 June 2008.]