(1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf, an Inspector appointed unde: this Act, shall, for the purposes of 72 enforcement of this Act, have power to do all or any of the following things within the local limits for which he 1s appointed—
(a) to make such examination and hold such enquiry as may be necessary for ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act have been and are being complied with in any beediand cigar industial premises,
(6) to require the production of any prescribed register and any other document relating to the manufacture of beedies or cigars ;
(c) to enter at all reasonable times any place or premises including the residences of employees when he has reasonable grounds fot suspecting that any beedi and cigar industiy is being carried on or 1s ordinarily carried on in any such place or premises ;
(d) to exercise such other powers as may be prescribed for carrying out the purposes of this Act -
Provided that no person shall be compelled under this section to answer any question or give any evidence tending to incriminate himself.
(2) For the purposes of clause (c) of sub-section (1), an Inspector may, after giving due notice to the employer, or, in the absence of the employer, to the occupier, efiter any beedi and ciga: industrial premuses with such assistants, if any, as he thinks fit.
(3) Every employer shall accord to the Inspector all reasonable facilities in the discharge of his dutics under this Act.
30. Penalty for obstructing Inspector —Whoevei wilfully obstructs an Inspector in the exercise of any power conferred on him by or unde this Act, or fails to produce on demand by an Inspector, any registers o1 other documents in his custody kept in pursuance of this Act or of any rules made thereunder or conceals or prevents any employee in a beedi and cigar industrial premises from appearing before, or being examined by, an Inspector, shall be pumshable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, o1 with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both,