(1) Any member of the Gárda Síochána may demand of any person driving a mechanically propelled vehicle the production of either a certificate of insurance or a certificate of guarantee or a certificate of exemption in respect of the driving of that vehicle by that person on that occasion and if such person refuses or fails to produce any such certificate then and there he shall, unless within five days after the date on which such production was demanded he produces such certificate in person to a member of the Gárda Síochána at a Gárda Síochána station named by such person at the time at which such production was so demanded, be guilty of an offence under this section.
(2) Whenever any person of whom the production of a certificate of insurance or a certificate of guarantee or a certificate of exemption is lawfully demanded under this section produces such certificate but refuses or fails to permit the member of the Gárda Síochána making such demand to read and examin