| Access to warehouse. |
48. (1)The proper officer shall at all times have the right of access to any part of a warehouse and may examine any goods therein; and for the purpose of obtaining access the proper officer may break open the warehouse or any part thereof, or any adjacent premises.
(2) No person other than the proper officer or, in the case of a bonded warehouse, the warehouse keeper or a duly authorized employee, shall open a warehouse or gain access to goods therein save with the approval of the proper officer; and a person who contravenes this subsection shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) No person shall enter a warehouse or part thereof contrary to the orders of the proper officer, or shall refuse to leave a warehouse or part thereof when directed to do so by the proper officer; and a person who contravenes this subsection shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings. |