Power of entry to inspect, surveyor execute work

The Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Executive Officer or any other person authorised by the Corporation in this behalf, may enter into any building or land, with or without the assistance of workmen, in order to make any inquiry, inspection, test, examination, survey, measurement or valuation or for the purpose of lawfully placing or removing pipes, meters or other things or to execute any other work which is authorised by the provision of this Act or of any rule, by-law or order made thereunder or which it is necessary for any of the purpose of this Act or in pursuance of the said provision or any resolution passed by the Corporation: Provided that (a) except when it is in this Act or in any rule or by-law made thereunder otherwise expressly provided, no such entry shall be made between sunset and sunrise (b) except when it is otherwise expressly provided as aforesaid, no dwelling house, and no part of a public building used as a dwelling place, shall be so entered without the consent of the occupier thereof, unless the said occupier has received at least twelve hours previous notice of the intention to make such entry (c) reasonable notice shall be given in every case even when any premises may otherwise be entered without notice to enable the inmates of any apartment appropriated to women to remove to some part of the premises where their privacy may be preserved (d) due regard shall be paid, so far as may be compatible with the exigencies of the purpose of the entry to the social and religious usages of the occupants of the premises.