Old Metal and Marine Sto~es (CAP. 301 1

CHAPTER 301

THE OLD METAL AND MARINE STORES ACT

Arrangement of Sections
Section

1 . Short title.
2 . Interpretation.
3. Dealers in old metal and marine stores to be licensed.
4. Signboard to be .displayed.
5 . Licensed Dealer to keep book.
6. Restrictions on purchases and dealings.
7. Power of entry and inspection.
8. Goods purchased to be kept for 15 days.
9. Obligation to give information to police.

10. Offences.
11. Licence may be cancelled on conviction.
12 . Appropriation of moneys.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
SECOND SCHEDULE.

OLD METAL AND MARINE STORES

( I l t h February, 1956.) 1911955.

1. This Act may be cited as the Old Metal and Marine Short title.
Stores Act.

2. In this Act- Interpretation.

"licensed dealer" means any person licensed under sec-
tion 3 to deal in old metal or marine stores;

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6 6 marine stores" includes second-hand anchors, wire
cables or chains, slings, sails, and other second-
hand marine stores of any kind;

"old metal" includes old metal, used or second-hand
metal fittings, scrap metal, broken metal, partly
manufactured metal goods, and defaced or old
metal goods.

Dealers in old
metal and marine

3. (1) It shall not be lawful for any person to carry
stores to be on the business of a dealer in old metal or marine stores
licensed. unless he has previously taken out a licence under this Act.

(2) Licences under this Act shall be granted by and at
the discretion of the Magistrate of the District in which the
premises to be licensed are situate.

(3) No such licence shall be granted without the previous
report of the police officer in charge of the area in which
the premises to be licensed are situate, and before the
expiration of twenty-one days at least after application in
writing has been made therefor to the Magistrate.

First Schedule. (4) Such licences shall be in the form in the First
Schedule and shall be annual licences terminating on the
31st day of December ofthe year for which they are granted.
A fee of two dollars and forty cents shall be paid to the
Magistrate for each such licence.

Signboard to be
displayed.

4. Over one of the principal entrances of the place
of business of every licensed dealer there shall be placed a
board on which shall be printed, in legible letters of at least
two inches in length, the name in full of the licensed dealer
and the words "Licensed Dealer in Old Metal and Marine
Stores7'.

Licensed Dealer
to keep book.

5. (1) Every licensed dealer shall keep a book
(hereinafter called "Licensed Dealer's Book") in the form

Second Schedule. in the Second Schedule, in which shall be legibly written
in ink the date and time of the day when any old metal or
marine stores are purchased or received by him or on his
behalf, the name in full, and the residence and occupation
of the person from whom any such old metal or stores are

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purchased or received, and, in a case where the seller is the
agent of another person, the name and address of the
principal, the quantity purchased or received, and the price
paid for each purchase.

(2) Every such entry in a Licensed Dealer's Book shall
be made at the time of the transaction, and shall be signed
by the licensed dealer or his agent and by the seller or his
agent:

Provided that where a licensed dealer is unable by reason
of illiteracy or any physical cause to sign the entry in the
Licensed Dealer's Book the licensed dealer shall complete
the entry by making his mark thereto in the presence of a
police officer.

6 . (1) No person shall purchase or receive any old F:;z:t$;z
metal or marine stores except between the hours of seven dealings.
o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening.

(2) No person shall purchase or receive any old metal
or marine stores from any person under the age of sixteen
years.

(3) No person shall employ any servant or apprentice
or other person under the age of sixteen years to purchase
or receive any old metal or marine stores.

(4) No old metal or marine stores shall be purchased
or received at any one time in any quantity less than twenty-
five pounds.

(5) Any person contravening any of the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
six months.

7. (1) It shall be lawful for any police officer at any Power of entry
and inspection.

time when a licensed dealer's premises are open for business,
to inspect the Licensed Dealer's Book and all old metal and
marine stores in the premises.

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( 2 ) The licensed dealer or his representative, or the per-
son in charge of a licensed dealer's premises, or the person
in whose custody or charge the Licensed Dealer's Book, any
old metal, or marine stores may be, or any person who has
made an entry in the Licensed Dealer's Book with respect
to which a police officer may desire to ask any questions,
shall permit such police officer to inspect the Licensed
Dealer's Book and all old metal and marine stores, and shall
answer all such questions as may be asked by the police of-
ficer with reference to the Licensed Dealer's Book, any old
metal or marine stores in the premises or any of the entries
or contents of the Licensed Dealer's Book.

G O O ~ S purchased 8. ( 1 ) All old metal and marine stores purchased or
to be kept for 15
days. received by or on behalf of a licensed dealer shall be kept

in the licensed dealer's premises and shall not in any way
be changed in form or shape or disfigured for a period of
at least fifteen days after their purchase or receipt:

Provided that the police oficer in charge of the area
in which a licensed dealer carries on his business may, in
his discretion, on the application of the licensed dealer grant
a permit-

(a ) for the shipment or alteration in form or shape
of any old metal or marine stores without the same hav-
ing been kept for a period of fifteen days;

(6) for the shipment of broken machinery direct
from the place where the same is purchased, notwithstan-
ding the provisions of this section to the contrary.

( 2 ) Every person who fails to comply with the prov-
sions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall
be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three months.

Obligation to
give information

9. ( 1 ) Every person licensed under this Act who, after
to police. notice has been given to him by any police onicer or by adver-

tisement in the Gazette or a local newspaper that any old metal
or marine stores have been stolen or fraudulently obtained,
fails to give information to the police that articles of the like
description were offered to him or were or are in his posses-
sion, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

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(2) Every licensed dealer who offends against the pro-
visions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not ex-
ceeding six months.

10. Every person who- Offences.
(a) assaults, resists or obstructs any police officer

in the execution of any duty under this Act;

( b ) aids or abets any other person in assaulting,
resisting or obstructing any police officer while acting
in the execution of his duty under this Act;

( c ) aids or abets any other person in a contraven-
tion of any of the provisions of this Act;

(d) deals in old metal or marine stores without a
licence as required by section 3;

(e) fails to keep a signboard as required by
section 4;

Cf) fails to keep a Licensed Dealer's Book as re-
quired by section 5,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

1 . If any licensed dealer is convicted of an offence Licence be
cancelled on

under this Act, the court may, in its discretion, cancel the con,;ct;on.
licence of that licensed dealer.

12. All moneys received for licences, and all ~enalties Appropriation of
recovered under this Act, shall be paid into the Treasury moneys.
for the use of Antigua and Barbuda.

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FIRST SCHEDULE

A.B. having this day paid the sum of $2.40 is hereby author-
ized and licensed to deal in Old Metal and Marine Stores at

in accordance with the provisions of the Old Metal and Marine
Stores Act.

This licence expires on the 31st day of December, 19

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District Magistrate, District " ".

SECOND SCHEDULE

Date
Signature
Or mark

of
Licensed
Dealer

Signature
Of police

officer
witness-

ing mark

~i~~
of

day

,

Name in
full, resi-

dence and
occupation

of seller

Descript)on
and

quantity
Of goods

purchased
or received

Name and
address of
principal

Price