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the sura forfeited shall be applied for the benefit of the infant in such
manner as the Court may direct, and where any such sum is ordered to be
forfeited the order may be enforced as if it were an order of the Court
made on complaint.
2 —(1) It shall be the duty of every local authority to provide for the
execution of this Part of this Act within their district, and for that purpose
they shall from time to time make inquiry whether there are any
persons residing therein who undertake the nursing and maintenance of
infants in respect of whom notice is required to be given under the foregoing
section.
(2) If in the district of any local authority any persons are found who
undertake the nursing and maintenance of such infants as aforesaid, the
local authority shall appoint one or more persons of either sex to be infant
protection visitors, whose duty it shall be from time to time to visit any
infants referred to in any notice given under this Part of this Act, and
the premises in which they are kept, in order to satisfy themselves as to
the proper nursing and maintenance of the infants, or to give any necessary
advice or directions as to their nursing and maintenance:
Provided that the local authority may, either in addition to or in lieu of
appointing infant protection visitors, authorise in writing one or more suitable
persons of either sex to exercise the powers of infant protection visitors under
this Part of this Act, subject to such terms and conditions as may be stated in
the authorisation, and, where any infants have been placed out to nurse in the
district of the authority by any philanthropic society, may, if satisfied that the
interests of the infants arc properly safeguarded, so authorise the society to
exercise those powers as respects those infants, subject, however, to the
obligations to furnish periodical reports to the local authority.
(3) A local authority may combine with any other local authority for the
purpose of executing the provisions of this Part of this Act, and for defraying
the expenses thereof
(41) A local authority may exempt from being visited, either unconditionally
or subject to such conditions as they think fit, any particular premises within
their district which appear to thein to be so conducted that it is unnecessary
that they should be visited.
(5) If any person undertaking the nursing and maintenance of any such
infants refuses to allow any such visitor or other person to visit or examine
the infants or the premises in which they are kept, he shall be guilty of an
offence under this Part of this Act.
(6) If any such visitor or other person is refused admittance to any premises
in contravention of this Part of this Act, or has reason to believe that any
infants under the age of seven years are being kept in any house or premises
in contravention of this Part of this Act, he may apply to a justice, who, oil
being satisfied, on information in writing on oath, that there is reasonable
ground for believing that an offence under this Part of this Act has been
committed, may grant a warrant authorising the visitor or other person to enter
the premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether any offence under this
Part of this Act has been committed, and, if the occupier of the premises or
any other person obstructs or causes or procures to be obstructed any visitor or