Inspectors

(1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint such persons as they may think fit to be Inspectors for the purpose of making an investigation as to whether the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder are being complied with by employers, and may define the local limits within which each Inspector may make such investigation. (2) Every Inspector shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act 45 of 1860). (3) An Inspector may, at any place within the local limits of his jurisdiction, enter, at any reasonable time, with such assistance as he thinks fit, any building, premises, vehicle or vessel and (b) require an employer to produce any register, muster-roll or other document relating to the employment of workers, and examine such documents. (c) take, on the spot or otherwise, the evidence of any person for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder are being or have been complied with; (d) examine the employer, his agent or servant or any other person found in charge of the establishment, factory, plantation, motor transport undertaking or other undertaking or any premises connected therewith or any person whom the Inspector has reasonable cause to believe to be, or to have been, a worker in the establishment, factory, plantation or undertaking; (e) make copies of, or take extracts from, any register or document maintained under this Act in relation to the establishment, factory, plantation, motor transport undertaking or other undertaking. (4) Any person required by an Inspector to produce any register or other document or to give any information shall comply with such requisition. (5) Every employer shall afford the Inspector all facilities for making any entry, inspection, examination or investigation under this Act.