Powers to control manufacture, storage, distribution etc. of bricks.- If the

Government is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do for maintaining or increasing the supply of bricks or for securing their equitable distribution and availability at fair prices, it may, by order notified in the Official Gazette, provide-

1. (a) for regulating by licences, permits or otherwise the manufacture, storage, distribution, transport, acquisition or disposal of bricks;
2. (b) for collecting any information or statistics with a view to the regulating of the aforesaid matters;
3. (c) for the grant or issue of licences, permits or other documents and the charging of fees therefor;
4. (d) for controlling the prices at which bricks may be bought or sold;
5. (e) for requiring dealers or kiln owners to maintain and produce for inspection such accounts and records regarding bricks and to furnish such information relating thereto, as may be specified in the order; and
6. (f) for any incidental and supplementary matters including in particular the entering and search of premises and vehicles and the seizure by a person authorised to make such search of the bricks in respect of which such person has reason to believe that contravention of any order made under this Act has been, is being, or is about to be, committed.