Penalty for obstructing Inspector .

Whoever willfully obstructs an Inspector in the exercise of any power conferred on him by or under this Act, or fails to produce on demand by an Inspector, any registers or other documents in his custody kept in pursuance of this Act or of any rules made thereunder or conceals or prevents any employee in a beedi and cigar industrial premises from appearing before, or being examined by, an Inspector, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.