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(1) An inspector appointed under section 52 of the Act may at any reasonable time

(a) enter any premises or place where the inspector has reason to believe that non-ducted air conditioners or self-ballasted fluorescent lamps are being manufactured, imported, offered for sale or otherwise being disposed of; and

(b)  examine or if necessary test non-ducted air conditioners or self- ballasted fluorescent lamps,

(i) displayed for sale;

(ii) at the point of import; or

(iii) at a warehouse to ascertain whether the items comply with the provisions of these Regulations.

(2) An inspector or a Customs officer may without prejudice to regulation 10 seize any imported non-ducted air conditioners or self-ballasted fluorescent lamps which contravene any provision of these Regulations or which are improperly labelled or labelled in such a way as to be deceptive, misleading or false.

(3) An inspector or a Customs Officer shall refuse to release to the importer a non-ducted air conditioner or self-ballasted fluorescent lamp imported for use in Ghana which is not labelled in the manner provided for under these Regulations.

(4) Where an inspector or Customs Officer refuses to release a non-ducted air conditioner or self-ballasted fluorescent lamp to the importer under sub-regulation (3), the inspector or Customs Officer shall within forty-eight hours of detention of these goods give notice to the importer to properly label the goods, and the notice shall state that within twenty-eight days after the date of the notice the goods must be relabelled in the required manner or be re-exported out of the country.

(5) Where an importer is required under sub- regulation (4) to relabel the imported goods the relabelling of the goods shall be done under the supervision of an officer authorized for the purpose by the Energy Commission and the Ghana Standards Board.

(6)  Where an importer fails to re-label goods as required under sub-regulation (4), an inspector or a Customs officer shall after the expiration of the period specified, seize the goods.

(7) An inspector or Customs officer who assists a person to contravene these Regulations commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months and shall be liable to dismissal.