Entry and Inspection

The Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat or any other person authorised in writing in this behalf by the Gram Panchayat, may enter into or upon any building or land, with or without assistants or workmen, in order to make any enquiry, test, inspection, measurement, valuation or survey of any building or land, or to execute or Which it is necessary for a Gram Panchayat for any of the purposes or in pursuance of any rules or any by-law made under this Act: Provided that— (a) except when it is under this Act otherwise expressly provided no such entry shall be made between sunset and sunrise; (b) the Sarpanch shall in every instance be given even when any premises can otherwise be entered without notice to enable the inmates of an apartment occupied by women to remove themselves to some part of the premises where their privacy shall not be disturbed; and (c) due regard shall always be had to the social and religious usages of the occupants of the premises entered.