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National Child Protection Authority Act (No. 50 of 1998) - Sect 34

Power of inspection and search

34.
(1) Any authorized officer may-
(a) enter and inspect any premises of any institution by which child care services are provided ;
(b) enter and inspect any premises, where he has reason to believe that children are being kept for-
(i) the purpose of child abuse ;
(ii) any other unlawful purpose ;
(iii) illegal adoption ;
(c) enter and inspect any hospital or maternity home, where he has reason to believe that, illegal adoptions are taking place in such hospital or maternity home ;
(d) examine any books, registers or records maintained by such institution, hospital or maternity home and make extracts or copies therefrom ;
(e) interrogate any person in any such premises for the purpose of ascertaining the activities carried on in such premises and whether there is any contravention of any law relating to children.
(2) Every person who obstructs or resists such officer in the exercise of any power conferred on him by subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after summary trial by a Magistrate be liable to a fine not less than one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

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