Inspectors

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Inspectors

The appropriate Governments, under Section 28 of the Act, have got powers to appoint inspectors for the purposes of the Act and to define the local limits. Also, within which they shall exercise their powers. Sub-section (2) of the Section 28 deals with the inspector’s powers, as mentioned below:

• An inspector may, subject to any rules made in this behalf, within his appointments’ local limits:

1. Being a government servant, with such assistance, he may enter, at all the reasonable hours. As he thinks fit, any work premises or place employment of contract labour is made. For the purpose of a register or any record’s examination. As required to be kept or exhibited by under the Act.
2. Also, examine any person whom he finds in any such work premises or place. And also, for whom, he has reasonable cause to believe, That s/he is a workman employed therein;
3. require any person giving out work and any workmen, to give any information, which is in his powers to give with respect to the names and addresses of the persons to, for an from whom the work is given out or received, and with respect to the payments to be made for the work;
4. seize or take copies of such register, a record of wages or notices or portions thereof as he may consider relevant in respect of an offence under this Act which he has valid reasons to believe that the offence has been committed by the principal employer or contractor; and
5. Also, exercise such other prescribed powers.

Sub-section (3) of Section 28 provides that any person required to produce any document or thing to give any information required by an inspector under Sub-section (2) shall be deemed within the meaning of sections 175 & 176 under the Indian penal court to be legally bound to do so.

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