17-B. Inspectors.-
(1) The State government may, by notification in the official
Gazette , appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be inspectors
for the purposes of this Act and may define the local limits
within which they shall exercise their functions.
(2) Any Inspector appointed under sub-section(1) may for
the purpose of ascertaining whether any of the provisions
of this Act or of the Working Journalists (fixation of Rates
of Wages)Act, 1958 (29 of 1958), have been complied with in
respect of a newspaper establishment,-
(a) require an employer to furnish such information as he
may consider necessary;
(b) at any reasonable time enter any newspaper establishment
or any premises connected therewith and require any one found
in charge thereof to produce before him for examination any
accounts, books, registers and other documents relating to
the employment of persons or the payment of wages in the establishment;
(c) examine with respect to, or any matter relevant to, any
of the purposes aforesaid, the employer, his agent or servant
or any other person found in charge of the newspaper establishment
or any premises connected therewith or any person whom the
Inspector has reasonable cause to believe to be or to have
been any employee in the establishment;
(d) make copies of or take extracts from any book, registers
or other documents maintained in relation to the newspaper
establishment;
(e) exercise such other powers as may be prescribed.
(3) Every Inspector shall be deemed to be a public servant
within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860)
(4) Any person required to produce any documents or thing
or to give information by an Inspector under sub-section (2)
shall be legally bound to do so
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