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Section 17 Pedlar to show certificate to certain persons on demand.

Any pedlar shall at all times, on demand, produce and show his certificate to any of the following persons; (that is to say,)

(1)

Any justice of the peace; or

(2)

Any constable or officer of police; or

(3)

Any person to whom such pedlar offers his goods for sale; or

(4)

Any person in whose private grounds or premises such pedlar is found:

And any pedlar who refuses, on demand, to show his certificate to, and allow it to be read and a copy thereof to be taken by, any of the persons hereby authorized to demand it, shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding F1level 1 on the standard scale .

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Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G