§ (1) The Board of Trade may require any person to furnish to the Board such particulars as appear necessary to the Board for the purpose of of ascertaining whether or not he or the firm of which he is partner should be registered under this Act, and may also in the case of a corporation require the secretary or any other officer of a corporation performing the duties of secretary to furnish such particulars, and if any person when so required fails to supply such particulars as it is in his power to give, or furnishes particulars which are false in any material particular, he shall on summary conviction be liable to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds or to both such imprisonment and fine.
§ (2) If from any information so furnished it appears to the Board of Trade that any firm or person ought to be registered under this Act, the Board may require the firm or person to furnish to the Registrar the required particulars within such time as may be allowed by the Board, but, where any default under this Act has been discovered from the information acquired under this Section, no proceedings under this Act shall be taken against any person in respect of such default prior to the expiration of the time within which the firm or person is required by the Board under this Section to furnish particulars to the Registrar.
§ Amendments made: In Sub-section (1), after the word "Act" ["should be registered under this Act"], insert the words "or an alteration made in the registered particulars."
§ In Sub-section (2), after the word "Act" ["ought to be registered under 239 this Act"], insert the words "or an alteration ought to be made in the registered particulars."—[Mr. Pretyman.]