A.D. 1927. c. 55. cards showing the business carried on by him so far as it relates to the agency; (1) the posting or production of the agency licence and any copy of the byelaws relating to the agency; (m) restricting or regulating contracts for the employment abroad in any capacity of female persons; 5 (n) the rendering of accounts and the production of vouchers in connection therewith; 10 (o) any purposes connected with the purposes aforementioned. (3) Different byelaws may be made under the foregoing provisions of this section for agencies of different natures, and for different classes of business 15 carried on in connection with the same agency, and otherwise as the local authority may think desirable or the Secretary of State may require. one (4) Sections one one hundred and eighty-two, hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and eighty-five, 20 38 & 39 Vict. and one hundred and eighty-six of the Public Health Act, 1875, shall apply to byelaws under the foregoing provisions of this section with the substitution of references to the Secretary of State and to a local government elector for references to the Minister of Health 25 and to a ratepayer respectively, and with such other adaptations as may be necessary. (5) Where a local authority fail to make byelaws under the foregoing provisions of this section or the byelaws made by them are not confirmed by the 30 Secretary of State, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State himself to make any byelaws which might have been made by the local authority, and byelaws so made by the Secretary of State shall have effect as though they had been made by the local authority 35 and duly confirmed by the Secretary of State. (6) Any agreement which is inconsistent, whether by its contents or by any omission from its contents, with any byelaw under this section shall be void for all purposes. 40 (7) Without prejudice to any liability which would A.D. 1927. have been incurred if this subsection had not been enacted, where the holder of a licence has accepted any sum which pursuant to any byelaw under this section 5 he ought not to have accepted, that sum or any part thereof shall, notwithstanding any stipulation, be recoverable summarily as a civil debt. (8) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any byelaw under this section he shall be liable 10 upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twentyfive pounds: Provided that if the contravention or non-compliance is of or with a byelaw relating to the employment abroad of any female person the offender shall be liable upon 15 summary conviction to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both such imprisonment and such fine. (9) Nothing in any byelaw under this section nor 20 any proceeding thereunder shall affect any liability to be proceeded against and punished for an indictable offence. ،، (b) the expression costs includes all fees and other expenses of any kind whatsoever. 13. (1) It shall be the duty of every local Enforceauthority to enforce throughout their area the provisions ment and 30 of this Act and all byelaws thereunder, and for the inspection. purposes of or incidental to such enforcement the local authority may appoint or employ such officers as they consider to be requisite therefor, and any officer so appointed or employed may at all reasonable times 35 enter and inspect any premises used, or which he has reason to believe are used, for the purpose of or in connection with any agency, and may also inspect all books, forms, cards or other documents or papers so far as the same relate or appear to relate to the 40 business carried on in or in connection with the agency, and may examine any person with respect to A.D. 1927. and on such appeal the court may, after considering any representation made by the local authority, either confirm the refusal or the revocation, as the case may be, or allow the appeal, and where the appeal is allowed the court shall direct the local authority to grant or to renew or 5 not to revoke, as the case may be, the licence, and the local authority shall comply with the direction. Register. (2) The costs of any appeal or application under this section shall be paid in such manner and by such parties to the appeal or application as the court may 10 direct. 11.-(1) The local authority shall keep a register of the holders of agency licences within their area, and such register shall contain in connection with each such holder 15 (a) His full name and private address; (c) The name under which and the address at which (d) The nature of the agency; and may contain such further particulars as the local authority think desirable. 25 (2) Such register shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection by any person on payment of such sum 30 not exceeding one shilling as the local authority may fix. (3) A certified copy of any entry in the register shall be supplied by the local authority to any person applying therefor upon payment of such sum not exceeding two shillings and sixpence as the local authority may fix, 35 and such certified copy shall be evidence of such entry, and any document reasonably purporting to be such a certified copy may be deemed to be such a certified copy unless the contrary is proved. "certified copy In this subsection the expression means a copy certified by the clerk or any assistant clerk to the local authority to be a true copy. 40 5 A.D. 1927. or Byelaws. 12. (1) The local authority may make byelaws- (2) Without prejudice and in addition to the foregoing provisions of this section, a local authority may 10 make byelaws for all or any of the following purposes :(a) prohibiting any demand or acceptance of commission from more than one person in respect of the same transaction; 15 20 25 30 35 (b) specifying the person from whom commission (c) restricting the amount (not exceeding ten per (d) restricting the period (not exceeding ten weeks) (e) prohibiting any demand or acceptance of com- (g) prohibiting any demand or acceptance of costs (i) prohibiting any demand or acceptance of a fine. A.D. 1927. c. 55. cards showing the business carried on by him so far as it relates to the agency; (1) the posting or production of the agency licence and any copy of the byelaws relating to the agency; (m) restricting or regulating contracts for the employment abroad in any capacity of female persons; 5 (n) the rendering of accounts and the production of vouchers in connection therewith; 10 (o) any purposes connected with the purposes aforementioned. (3) Different byelaws may be made under the foregoing provisions of this section for agencies of different natures, and for different classes of business 15 carried on in connection with the same agency, and otherwise as the local authority may think desirable or the Secretary of State may require. (4) Sections one hundred and eighty-two, one hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and eighty-five, 20 38 & 39 Vict. and one hundred and eighty-six of the Public Health Act, 1875, shall apply to byelaws under the foregoing provisions of this section with the substitution of references to the Secretary of State and to a local government elector for references to the Minister of Health 25 and to a ratepayer respectively, and with such other adaptations as may be necessary. (5) Where a local authority fail to make byelaws under the foregoing provisions of this section or the byelaws made by them are not confirmed by the 30 Secretary of State, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State himself to make any byelaws which might have been made by the local authority, and byelaws so made by the Secretary of State shall have effect as though they had been made by the local authority 35 and duly confirmed by the Secretary of State. (6) Any agreement which is inconsistent, whether by its contents or by any omission from its contents, with any byelaw under this section shall be void for all purposes. 40 |