§281-79  Entry for examination; obstructingliquor commission operations; penalty.  Every investigator shall,and any officer having police power may, at all reasonable times, and at anytime whatsoever if there is any reasonable ground for suspicion that theconditions of any license are being violated, without warrant enter into andupon any licensed premises and inspect the same and every part thereof, and anybooks or records therein, to ascertain whether or not all conditions of thelicense and all provisions of this chapter and chapter 244D are being compliedwith by the licensee.

If any investigator or officer, or any personcalled by the investigator or officer to the investigator's or officer's aid,is threatened with the use of violence, force, or physical interference orobstacle, or is hindered, obstructed, or prevented by any licensee, thelicensee's employees, or any other person from entering into any such premises,or whenever any investigator or officer is by any licensee, the licensee's employees,or any other person opposed, obstructed, or molested in the performance of theofficer's duty in any respect, the licensee, the licensee's employee, or anyother person shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more thanone year, or both.

Whenever any investigator or officer, havingdemanded admittance into any licensed premises and declared the investigator'sor officer's name and office, is not admitted by the licensee or the person incharge of the premises, it shall be lawful for the investigator or officer toforcibly and in any manner to break into and enter the premises. [L Sp 1933, c40, §49; RL 1935, §2618; RL 1945, §7267; RL 1955, §159-78; HRS §281-79; gen ch1985; am L 1986, c 344, §15; am L 1990, c 171, §26]