43. Powers of Inspectors.-
(1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf,
an Inspector may, within the local limits for
which he is appointed,-
(a) enter, at all reasonable
hours, With such assistants (if any) being persons
in the service of the Government or any local
or other public authority as he thinks fit,
any premises or place where building or other
construction work is carried on, for the purpose
of examining any register or record or notices
required to be kept or exhibited by or under
this Act, and require the production thereof
for inspection;
(b) examine any person whom
he finds in any such premises or place and who,
he has reasonable cause to believe, is a building
worker employed therein;
(c) require any person giving
out building or other construction work to any
building worker, to give any information, which
is in his power to give with respect to the
names and addresses of the persons to, for and
whom the building or other construction work
is given out or received, and with respect to
the payments to be made for tile building or
other construction work;
(d) seize or take copies of
such register, record of wages or notices or
portions thereof as he may consider relevant
in respect of an offence under this Act which
he has reason to believe has been committed
by the employer; and
(e) exercise such other powers
as may be prescribed.
(2) For the purposes of this
section, the Director-General or the Chief Inspector,
as the case may be, may employ experts or agencies
having such qualifications and experience and
on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
(3) Any person required to
produce any document or to give any information
required by an Inspector under sub-section (1)
shall be deemed to be legally bound to do so
within the meaning of section 175 and section
176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
(4) The provisions of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974),
shall, so far as may be, apply to such search
or seizure under sub-section (1) as they apply
to any search or seizure made under the authority
of a warrant issued under section 94 of the
said Code.
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