Section 9
Offence to refuse to sell price-controlled goods
Any person licensed under section 6 to sell any price-controlled goods of any description, or the servant or agent of any such person, who has in his possession a stock of those goods and who—
(a)
falsely denies that he has the goods in his possession; or
(b)
refuses, except with the permission of the Price Controller, to sell the goods in reasonable quantities in the ordinary way of business, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act:
Provided that it shall be a good defence to a charge under paragraph (b) that the accused had reasonable grounds for believing that the purchaser was unable or unwilling to make immediate payment of the price of the goods in cash.
(2)
The servant or agent of any person licensed under section 6 to sell any price-controlled goods shall be deemed to have in his possession a stock of those goods if any such goods are being kept or stored in the premises where he is employed and if he sells the goods on behalf of his employer in the ordinary course of his employment.