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Termination of Employment of Workmen (Special Provisions) Act (No. 45 of 1971) - Sect 12

Powers of inspection, &c., of the Commissioner

12.
(1) The Commissioner shall have power-
(a) to enter and inspect at all reasonable hours of the day or night any place in which workmen are employed in scheduled employments for the purpose of examining any register or record of wages, or of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act are being complied with; or
(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 the office of the Commissioner; or
(c) to take copies of the whole or any part of any such register or record; or
(d) to interrogate any person whom he finds in such place and whom the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe is an employer or a workman engaged or employed in any scheduled employment carried on in such place, or is an employer or a workman in the establishment or institution in such place; or
(e) to hold such inquiries as he may consider necessary for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Commissioner shall, for the purposes of any inquiry under this Act, have all the powers of a District Court-
(a) to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses;
(b) to compel the production of documents; and
(c) to administer any oath or affirmation to witnesses.

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