Power to require information and
inspection of
documents.
7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 67, s. 2.
Offences.
c. 67, s. 3.
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(5.) If any question arises between the Governor in Council and any corporate body, firm, or individual-
(a) as to whether or not the business carried on by the corporate body, firm, or individual is such as to require a licence under this Ordinance; or
(b) as to whether or not any of the conditions set forth in the First Schedule to this Ordinance apply in respect of the corporate body, firm, or individual; or
(e) as to whether or not the corporate body, firm, or individual is controlled by a corporate body, firm, or individual in respect of which any such conditions apply; or
(d) as to the requirements of the Governor in Council for the production of books or docu- ments for inspection,
the question shall, subject to rules of court, be referred by the Governor in Council to the Supreme Court for determination, and the decision of a Judge of the Supreme Court on any such reference shall be final, and no appeal therefrom shall lie to any other court.
(6.) Where at the expiration of the said six months or longer period allowed by the Governor in Council pro- ceedings on any such application are pending in the Supreme Court, the Court shall, on application being made for the purpose, extend the said period of six months or longer period as respects that corporate body, firm, or individual for such period as may be necessary to allow the question to be determined by the Court, and where the application is made with reference to the suspension or revocation of a licence the licence shall not be suspended or revoked until the question has been determined by the Court.
(7.) The name of any corporate body, firm, or indi- vidual to whom a licence has been granted under this Ordinance, or whose licence has been suspended or revoked, shall be published in the Gazette.
3. The Governor in Council shall have power at any time to require the applicant for a licence or a licensee, or any person who, being a director, partner, manager, or officer of, or the holder of, or a person interested in, shares or securities of, any corporate body, or firm, which has applied for the grant of a licence, or to which a licence, has been granted under this Ordinance, or by which the applicant or licensee is controlled, or being the manager of the business carried on by an individual applicant or licensee, is able to give any information as to the constitution control or management of the cor- porate body or firm, or the business carried on by the corporate body, firm, or individual, or the beneficial interest of any person in such business, or in any shares or securities of the corporate body, or firm, to furnish such information within such time as the Governor in Council may direct, and for the purpose of obtaining or verifying such information any person appointed by the Governor in Council in that behalf shall be entitled to inspect any books and documents belonging to or under the control of such corporate body, firm, or individual, the inspection of which may reasonably be required for the purpose aforesaid.
4.-(1.) Every person who carries on the business of 7 & 8 Geo. 5, winning, extracting, smelting, dressing, refining, or dealing in any metal or metallic ore in contravention of this Ordinance without a licence, shall be liable upon summary conviction to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months and to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for each day during which the offence continues.
(2.) Every person who-
(a) refuses or neglects to furnish within the time within which it is to be furnished any information which under this Ordinance is required to be furnished; or