Section 3: Registration of new factories.

(1) Before any person occupies or uses as a factory any premises which were not so occupied or used by him at the commencement of this Act, he shall apply for the registration of such premises by sending to the Director of Factories an application containing the particular set out in the First Schedule to this Act.
(2) An application under this section shall be filed with the Director of Factories at least six months before the commencement of actual construction of a building or structures intended to be used as a factory.
(3) Any person who-
(a) not having been issued a certificate of registration as aforesaid, occupies or uses a factory or any premises which have not been registered as a factory; or
(b) having been issued a certificate of registration of a factory as aforesaid, occupies or uses as a factory, any premises which were not so registered as a factory,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) Any person who commits an offence under subsection (4) of this section shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding N2,000 or to imprisonment for twelve months or to both such fine and imprisonment and if the contravention is continued after conviction, the person shall be guilty of a further offence and liable on conviction in respect thereof to a fine not exceeding N100 or to imprisonment not exceeding fourteen days for each day on which the offence was so continued.
(5) Where the Director of Factories refuses to issue a certificate of registration under this section he shall, if so requested by the applicant, state in writing the grounds of such refusal.