section 17
Appointment of Chief Facilitator, Facilitators and their powers.
The Chhattisgarh Shops and Establishments Act, 1958Labour195885 sections
Statutory text
- (I) The State Government may, by notification, appoint such persons who possess the prescribed qualification to be Facilitator for the purposes of this Act and may assign to them such local limits as it may think fit: Provided that the State Government may, by notification, appoint a Chief Facilitator who shall, in addition to the powers conferred on him under this Act, exercise the powers of a Facilitator throughout the State. (2) The State Government may prescribe a scheme for inspection of shops and establishments, which shall provide for generation of a web-based inspection schedule. (3) Every Facilitator and Chief Facilitator appointed under sub-section ( I) shall be deemed to be public servant within the meaning of Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (No. 45 of 1860), and shall officially be subordinate to such Authority as the State Government may specify in this behalf. (4) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, a Facilitator may, within the local limits for which he is appointed,-(i) advice the employers and workers and provide them such information as may be considered necessary for complying with the provisions of this Act effectively; (ii) inspect the shop or establishment in accordance with the scheme for inspection referred under sub-section (2), and may,-(a) examine any person who is found in any premises of the shop or establishment and whom, the Facilitator has reasonable cause to believe, is a worker of the shop or establishment; (b) require any person to give any information, which is in his power to give, with respect to the names and addresses of the persons; ( c) search, seize or take copies of such register, record of wages or notices or portions thereof as the Facilitator may consider relevant in respect of an offence under this Act and which the Facilitator has reasori to believe has been committed by the employer; (d) bring to the notice of the State Government defects or abuses not covered by the law for the time being in force; and
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