Chapter VI INSPECTION, SEARCH AND SEIZURE

1. (1) As soon as the employer comes to know, whether on receipt of a notice under section 23 or otherwise, that the operator has suffered death, dismemberment of any limb or other bodily injury during the operation of any dangerous machine, he shall forthwith give notice of such death or injury to the Inspector.
2. (2) Whenever an Inspector comes to know about any death or injury, whether on receipt of a notice referred to under sub-section (1) or otherwise, he shall, as soon as practicable, enter into the premises where the dangerous machine whereby such death, dismemberment of limb or other bodily injury has been caused, is located and examine the machine with a view to finding out whether the machine

conforms to the standards laid down by or under this Act and contains all the prescribed safety devices,

and, where, after such examination, he is of the opinion that the machine is unsafe, he shall, by an order, prohibit the use of such machine until it is certified by him to be safe.

1. (3) No machine shall be operated during the period of operation of the prohibitory order made under sub-section (2).

Every register, record and accounts maintained under this Act and

every licence issued or renewed under this Act shall be open to the inspection of the Inspector.

An Inspector authorised in this behalf by the Controller may, if he has any reason to suspect that any provision of this Act has been, or is being, or is about to be, contravened, enter and search, at any reasonable time of the day, any premises in which any dangerous machine is operated.

Whenever the Inspector is satisfied that any dangerous machine, which does not comply with, in all respects, the provisions of this Act or the rules or orders made thereunder, is being operated in contravention of the provisions of this Act, he may seize such dangerous machine and the records and registers connected therewith.

Every search and seizure made under this Act shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).