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| (1) Any person who-
| | (a) contravenes, or fails to comply with, the pro-visions of subsection (1) or subsection (3) of section 18 or subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 22, or | | |
| | (b) contravenes, or fails to comply with, the conditions of any permit issued under this Act, or | | |
| | (c) contravenes the provisions of section 39 or of subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 43, or | | |
| | (d) falsely holds himself out to be an inspector, or | | |
| | (e) makes any relevant statement to an inspector which is false in any material particular and which he knows to be false, or | | |
| | (f) refuses or fails to answer any relevant question which an inspector in the exercise of his powers has put to him, or | | |
| | (g) refuses or fails to comply with any lawful direction made by an inspector, or | | |
| | (h) hinders or obstructs an inspector in the exercise of his powers or duties, or | | |
| | (i) fails to comply with any request under section 44, | | |
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| (2) If any person is charged with an offence referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), he shall be deemed to be not guilty of that offence if he proves that-
| | (a) he took all reasonable precautions against committing the offence; and | | |
| | (b) on demand by the Council or an inspector, he furnished all information which was or should reasonably have been available to him as to the person from whom he acquired the commodity to which the charge under section 22 (1) relates. | | |
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