Power of entry

Power of entry.— Any officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf may enter into or upon any land or building with or without assistants or workmen—

1. (a) for the purpose of making any inquiry, inspection, measurement, valuation or survey or taking levels of such land or building;
2. (b) for the purpose of examining works under construction and ascertaining the course of sewers and drains;
3. (c) for the purpose of digging or boring into the sub-soil;
4. (d) for the purpose of setting out boundaries and intended lines of work;
5. (e) for the purpose of making such levels, boundaries and lines by placing marks and cutting trenches;
6. (f) for the purpose of doing any other act or thing necessary for the carrying out of the purposes of this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder: Provided that—
7. (a) no such entry shall be made between sunset and sunrise;
8. (b) no dwelling house and no part of a public building or dwelling house in actual occupancy shall be so entered without the consent of the occupier thereof unless at least twenty-four hours previous notice in writing of the intended entry has been given to the occupier;
9. (c) sufficient notice shall in every instance be given, even when any premises may otherwise be entered without notice, to enable the inmates of any apartment appropriated to women to remove themselves to some part of the premises where their privacy will not be disturbed;
10. (d) due regard shall always be had, so far as may be compatible with the exigencies of the purpose for which the entry is made, to the social and religious usages of the occupants of the premises entered.