(2) The specified authority may call for such returns as may be prescribed from any employer to whom this Ordinance applies.
Power to call for returns and inspect accounts.
(2) The books of account and other books and papers of any employer to whom this Ordinance applies shall be open to Inspection by the specified authority or any officer of Government authorised by the Central Government in this behalf during the business hours:
Provided that such inspection may be made without giving any previou? notice to the employer or any officer of the employer.
(3) The specified authority or any authorised officer may during the course of inspection,—
(i) make, or cause to be made, copies of the books of account and other books and papers;
(ii) place, or cause to be placed, any marks of identification thereon in token of the inspection having been made.
(4) It shall be the duty of every employer to whom this Ordinance applies, to produce such books of account and other books and papers as the specified authority or the officer making the inspection may require.
18. No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or any State Government or any officer authorised by the Central or State Government to discharge any functions under this Ordinance, for any loss or damage caused or likely to be caused by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in^ursuance of this Ordinance.
Protection of action taken In good faith.
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19. Any amount which ought to have been credited under this Ordinance to a Deposit Account but has not been so credited, shall be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue.
Becovery of arrears