Refusal to register a hotel

Refusal to register a hotel.-The prescribed authority may refuse registration of a hotel under this Act on any of the following grounds, namely :-

1. (a) if the hotel-keeper is convicted of:-
   • (i) any offence involving moral turpitude; or
   • (ii) any offence under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954) and two years have not elapsed since the termination of the sentence imposed upon him.
2. (b) if the hotel-keeper has been declared an insolvent by a court of competent jurisdiction and has not been discharged;
3. (c) if the name of the hotel-keeper has been removed from the register under clause
4. (b) or clause
5. (c) or clause
6. (d) of section 7 and six months have not elapsed since the date of removal; and
7. (d) if the premises do not conform to the prescribed standards: