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Rh Investigation of application

46.—(1) On receiving an application for a casino licence, the Authority shall cause to be carried out all such investigations and inquiries as it considers necessary to enable it to consider the application properly.

(2) In particular, the Authority may—
 * (a) require any person it is investigating in relation to the person’s suitability to be concerned in or associated with the management or operation of a casino to consent to having his photograph, finger prints and palm prints taken; and
 * (b) send a copy of the application and of any such photograph, finger prints and palm prints taken under paragraph (a) and any supporting documentation to the Commissioner of Police.

(3) The Commissioner of Police or any police officer authorised by the Commissioner shall inquire into and report to the Authority on such matters concerning the application as the Authority requests.

(4) The Authority may refuse to consider an application for a casino licence if any person from whom it requires a photograph, finger prints or palm prints under this section refuses to allow his photograph, finger prints or palm prints to be taken.

Authority may require further information, etc.

47.—(1) The Authority may, by notice in writing, require a person who is an applicant for a casino licence or a person whose association with the applicant is, in the opinion of the Authority, relevant to the application to do any one or more of the following:
 * (a) to provide, in accordance with directions in the notice, any information, that is relevant to the investigation of the application and is specified in the notice;
 * (b) to produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, any records relevant to the investigation of the application that are specified in the notice and to permit examination of the records, the taking of extracts from them and the making of copies of them;
 * (c) to authorise a person described in the notice to comply with a specified requirement of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);