The Director-General, the Insurance Commissioner, the Additional Commissioner, a Regional Director, a Joint Director, Deputy Director, Assistant Director and a Branch Manager shall have all the powers of an Social Security Officer specified in sub-section (2) of section 45 of the Act. In addition to the officers mentioned above, the Director- General may, by a written order confer upon any employee of the Corporation or any Government officer the powers of an Social Security Officer for such period or periods as he may think fit.
102-A. Inspection Book. — (i) Every principal employer shall maintain a bound inspection book and shall be responsible for its production, on demand by a Social Security Officer or any other officer of the Corporation duly authorised to exercise the powers of a Social Security Officer irrespective of the fact whether the principal employer is present in the factory or establishment or not during the inspection.
(ii) A note of all irregularities and illegalities discovered at the time of inspection indicating therein the action, if any, proposed to be taken against the principal employer together with the orders for their remedy or removal passed by a Social Security Officer or any other officer of the Corporation duly authorised to exercise the powers of a Social Security Officer, shall be sent to the principal employer who shall enter the note and orders in the inspection book.
(iii) Every principal employer shall preserve the inspection book maintained under this regulation, after it is filled for a period of 5 years from the date of the last entry therein.