THE BICYCLES (CONTROL OF SECOND-HAND) ACT of 3Ist December, 1947 states:

• That no person should deal in (whether by way of purchase, sale or exchange) second-hand bicycles and second-hand bicycle parts nor should they carry on the business of repairing bicycles without a licence to do so under the Act.
• To obtain a license persons needed to make an application in the prescribed form to the Resident Magistrate for the parish in which he desires to deal or to effect repairs.
• The specific premises upon which the applicant desires to deal in second-hand bicycles or to repair bicycles had to be included in the application and had a fee of one dollar ($1.00).

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