Power to enter and inspect premises.

Any Inspector or the Licensing Officer or the Appellate Authority, or any officer authorised by the Licensing Officer, the Appellate Authority or the State Government, or any police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector, may, at all reasonable times, enter and inspect any stable or other premises situated in the urban area or part thereof in which this Act has come into force,-

1. (a) in order to view any cattle or the arrangements made for keeping cattle, in respect of which an application for grant or renewal of a licence has been made or licence has been granted; or
2. (b) in order to ascertain whether any cattle are being kept or brought there without a licence or permit or in contravention of any other provisions of this Act or the rules or of the conditions of the licence or the permit, if he has reason to believe that cattle are being so kept or brought, as the case may be.