Power of Executive Officer to call for information and to enter upon premises

Power of Executive Officer to call for information and to enter upon premises:

1. (1) For the purposes of assessing the property tax, the Executive Officer may, by notice, call on the owner or occupier of any land or building to furnish him, within thirty days after the service of the notice, where the notice is served upon the State Government or a company and within seven days after such service in other cases, with returns of the rent payable for the land or building, the cost of erecting the building and the measurements of the land and with such other information as the Executive Officer may require; and every owner and occupier on whom such notice is served shall be bound to comply with it and to make a true return to the best of his knowledge or belief.
2. (2) For the purpose aforesaid the executive officer may enter, inspect, survey and measure such building or land, after giving twenty-four hours notice to the owner or occupier.