Section 19: Power to require excise control facilities.

(1) The holder of a licence shall provide and maintain at his own expense on premises referred to in the licence-
(a) such office, lavatory and sanitary accommodation, with the requisite furniture, lighting and cleaning, as the Board may reasonably require for the use of the proper officer under this Act; and
(b) such appliances and facilities as may be required to enable the proper officer at any time to examine, or search or to perform any other of his duties at such premises as the Board may direct,
and if the licensee fails to comply with any of the forgoing requirements of this subsection, the Board may revoke or suspend any such licence.
(2) The requirements which the Board is authorised to impose on the holder of a licence by subsection (1) of this section, shall include the requirement to provide at his own expense and lease to the Board, on such reasonable terms as the Board may determine, living accommodation which the Board considers suitable for occupation by, and by the household of, any officer charged with duties which, in the opinion of the Board, make it desirable that he should reside on or near the premises for which the excise licence in question is granted; and the provisions of that subsection for failure to comply therewith shall have effect accordingly.
(3) The proper officer may affix a lock or seal to any fitting on the premises or on any apparatus or thing whatsoever therein and for such purpose he may require the holder of a distiller's licence to provide and maintain at his own expense any such fitting.
(4) If a licensee fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (3) of this section, the Board may provide and install the fitting, and any expense incurred shall be paid on demand by the licensee.
(5) The failure to pay any expense incurred under subsection (4) of this section, shall be an offence for which the offender shall, in addition to the requirement of payment of any such expense, be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred naira.
(6) If the holder of a distiller's licence or any member of his family or any servant of the holder-
(a) wilfully destroys or damages a fitting or any lock, key or seal intended for use therewith; or
(b) improperly obtains access to any place or article secured by any such lock or seal thereon; or
(c) has any fitting on premises or on any apparatus or thing whatsoever fastened or attached in such fashion that adequate supervision and control by any proper officer for the purposes of this Act is not practicable,
the holder, or member of his family, or the servant, as the case may be, shall on conviction be liable to a fine of one thousand naira.