31.-(1) If at any time after the expiration of three months from the date of the commencement of this Law a child is received in any premises as mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 28 and the premises are not registered under that section, or any requirement imposed under section 29 is contravened or not complied with, the occupier of the premises shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Where at any such time as aforesaid a person receives as mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 28 children of whom he is not a relative and-
(a) the number of the children exceeds two; and
(b) the children come from more than one household,
then, if he is not registered under section 28 or if he contravenes or if he fails to comply with any requirement imposed under section 29, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Where a person has been registered under section 28 and while he is so registered he acquires a new home, then until he has given notice thereof to the Director he shall not for the purposes of subsection (2) be treated as being so registered in relation to the reception of children in the new home.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding .125 or in the case of a second or subsequent offence to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding .75 or to both such imprisonment and fine:
Provided that in the case of a first offence under subsection (2) the fine which may be imposed shall not exceed .25.