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| (1) Where any importer of any pest or pests, or owner recover the or occupier of any premises is required or directed under section 4, to carry out any measures or to execute any work in or upon any premises and if such person fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with such requirement or direction, the Director-General or an authorised officer with or without assistants may enter such premises for the purpose of carrying out such measures or executing such work. |
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| (2) The Director-General or an authorised officer entering any premises under subsection (1), may take with him such equipment, machinery and vehicles as is or are necessary for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of his powers under subsection (1). |
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| (3) All reasonable expenses incurred by the Director-General or any authorised officer for the purpose of carrying out any measures or executing any work in or upon any premises under subsection (1), and any expenses incurred by the State shall be payable by the person who was required or directed under section 4 to carry out such measures or execute such work, and may be recovered from that person in the manner hereafter provided. |
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| (4) Any reasonable expenses payable by any person under subsection (3) may be recovered, upon application made, by the Director-General or any authorised officer authorised in that behalf by the Director-General to the Magistrate's Court within whose jurisdiction such person is resident or the measures were carried out or the work was executed, in like manner as a fine imposed by that court, notwithstanding that the amount of such expenses referred to in subsection (3) may exceed the amount of the fine which such court may in the exercise of its ordinary jurisdiction impose. |
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| (5) The imposition of a fine under subsection (4) shall not relieve such person from any prosecution for any offence to which he may be liable by reason of his failure, neglect or refusal to comply with the requirement or the direction made under section 4. |
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