(a) The city council shall have the right and authority to revoke and cancel any license issued under the provisions of this chapter for cause upon a hearing duly had after five days’ notice to the licensee. In addition to the general authority contained in this code for the revocation of licenses, any license issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked by the city council for any of the following reasons:
(1) If such licensee has knowingly violated any of the provisions of this chapter.
(2) If any employee or operative of such licensee shall have knowingly violated any of the provisions of this chapter with permission and instructions from such licensee to do so.
(3) If such licensee has knowingly made a false report to his client or other person entitled to receive such information in respect to any of the matters in which licensee may be employed.
(4) If such licensee has knowingly and wrongfully divulged any confidential information which he may have acquired from or for his client to any person other than his client or other person authorized to receive such information and if such licensee has knowingly permitted or instructed any employee wrongfully to divulge any confidential information acquired from or for his client, in the event such employee or operative shall actually make such false report or wrongfully divulge such confidential information.
(5) If such licensee has knowingly and wilfully sworn falsely in any judicial proceeding or suborned purjury therein, upon conviction of such licensee of such offense.
(6) If such licensee, during the period of his employment by the client, shall accept money or gratuities from any person whose affairs he may have been employed by such client to investigate.
(b) In the event any member of a firm or any officer or authorized local agent of a corporation holding a license issued pursuant to this chapter has done any of the things set forth in the foregoing provisions of this section, then the city council may revoke the license of such partnership, firm, company, or corporation. (Ord. 4039)