Power to enter into and for inspection etc.

For the purpose of implementation or execution of any Scheme, the authority or persons appointed by the State Government, their subordinates and contractors may enter into or upon any land, in order- (a) to make any inspection, surveys, measure, valuation or enquiry; (b) to take levels; (c) to dig or bore into the sub-soil; (d) to set out boundaries and intended lines of work; (e) to mark levels, boundaries and lines by marks and cutting trenches; or (f) to do any other thing whenever it is necessary to do so, for any of the purposes of this Act or any Rules made or any Scheme approved thereunder or any Scheme which the State Government intends to frame thereunder: Provided that except when it is otherwise specifically provided by Rules made under this Act no such entry shall be made between sunset and sunrise: Provided further that except when it is otherwise specifically provided by such Rules, no building which is used as human dwelling house shall be so entered unless with the consent of the occupier thereof, without giving the said occupier at least 24 hours previous notice in writing of the intention to make such entry: and Provided also that due regard shall always be had, so far as may be compatible with the exigencies of the purposes for which the entry is made, to the social and religious usages of the occupants of the premises entered.