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Power to order production of accounts and powers of entry, inspection and seizure

1. (1) Any officer empowered by the Commission in this behalf may, for the purposes of this Act, require any buyer to produce before him the accounts and other documents and to furnish any information relating to the stock of agricultural produce or purchase, sale, storage and processing of agricultural produce through contract farming by such person and also to furnish any other information relating to the payment to the producer under the Act by such person.
2. (2) All accounts and registers maintained by any buyer and documents relating to the stock of agricultural produce or purchase, sale, storage and processing of such agricultural produce under contract farming in his possession and the office, establishment, godown or vehicle of such person shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times, by such officer.
3. (3) If such an officer has reason to believe that any buyer is attempting to evade the payment to the producer due from him or he has purchased any agricultural produce in contravention of any provision of this Act or the rules or bye-laws in force, he may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, seize such accounts, registers or documents of such person, as may be necessary, and shall grant a receipt for the same and shall retain the same only so long as may be necessary for examination thereof or the prosecution of the person concerned, but not in any case exceeding the period of sixty days.
4. (4) For the purpose of sub-section
5. (2) or sub-section (3), such officer may enter and search any place of business, warehouse, office, establishment, godown or vehicle where he has reason to believe that such person keeps, or is for the time being keeping, any accounts, registers, documents or stock of agricultural produce relating to his business.
6. (5) The provisions of section 100 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, shall, so far as may be, apply to a search under sub-section (4).
7. (6) Where any books of account or other documents are seized from any place and there are entries therein making reference to quantity, quotation, rates, receipt or payment of money or sale or purchase of goods, such books of account or other documents shall be admitted in evidence without witness having to appear to prove the same, and such entries shall be prima facie evidence of the matters, transactions and accounts purported to be recorded therein.