7. Subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, the Commissioner of Labour, any Deputy Commissioner of Labour, any Assistant Commissioner of Labour or any prescribed officer shall have power-
| (a) to enter and inspect at all reasonable hours of the day or night any place in which employees are employed, for the purpose of examining any register or record of wages, any register or record maintained or deemed to be maintained under this Act, or any notice required by this Act to be exhibited, or of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act are being complied with; or |
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| (b) where any such record or register is not available for examination when he is inspecting such place, to require the production of such register or record on a specified later date for examination at such place or at his office; or |
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| (c) to take copies of the whole or any part of any such register, record or notice; or |
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| (d) to interrogate any person whom he finds in such place and whom he has reasonable cause to believe is an employer or an employee engaged or employed in the trade, industry, business or occupation carried on in such place or is an employer or employee in the establishment or institution in such place. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts