(1) The accounts of the Board shall be audited by such persons as may be appointed by the Government and any expenditure incurred in connection with such audit shall be payable by the Board to the Government.
(2) The person so appointed and any other person so authorized by him in connection with such audit of accounts of the Board shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers of the Board.
(3) The accounts of the Board certified by the person so appointed or any other person authorised in this behalf together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually to the Government.
CHAPTER - V MISCELLANEOUS
54. Nothing in this Act shall apply to,-
(a) the Indian Red Cross Society, or to any other such institutions of a like nature;
(b) Universities and other Educational Institutions;
Assistance to affected workmen.
Audit of accounts.
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(c) Religious and Charitable Institutions; and
(d) such other industrial establishments as the Government may by notification specify for purposes of all or any of the provision of this Act.
55. The Government may by notification, appoint such persons as they think fit to be Inspector‟s for the purpose of this Act and may specify the limit within which they shall exercise jurisdiction.
56. An Inspector appointed under section 55 for the purpose of ascertaining whether any of the provisions of this Act have been violated, may,-
(a) require an employer or union to furnish such information as he may consider necessary;
(b) at any reasonable time and with such assistance as he may consider necessary enter the place of any industrial establishment a unit, or any premises connected therewith and require any person found to be in charge thereof to produce, before him for examination of any accounts, books registers and other documents relating to the employment of workmen or the payment of wages in such establishment;
(c) examine the employer, his agent, or servant or any other person found incharge of the industry or any premises connected therewith, or any person whom the Inspector has reason to believe to be or to have been a workmen in such establishment in discharging his duties;
(d) make copies of, or take extracts from, any book, register or other document maintained in relation to such establishments; and Appointment of Inspectors.
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(e) exercise such other powers as may be prescribed in this behalf.
57. Any person required to produce any book, register, or other document or to give information by an inspector under section 56 shall comply with such requirement.
58. Every employer shall prepare and maintain such registers, records and other documents in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed.
59. The State Government may, if it is of the opinion that it is expedient or necessary in public interest, so to do by notification in the Official Gazette, add to or alter or amend the Schedule and on any such notification being issued, the Schedule shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly.
60. Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force relating to any establishment.
61. No order passed or proceedings taken under the provisions of this Act shall be called in question in any Court, in any suit, or application; and no injunction shall be granted by any Court in respect of any action taken or about to be taken in pursuance of any power conferred by or under this Act.
62. All officers acting under this Act shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
63. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done Furnishing of records etc., Maintenance of records.
Power to amend Schedules.
Provisions not to override other laws.
Bar of Jurisdiction.
Officers to be public servants.
Central Act 45 of 1860.
Protection of action taken in good faith.
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64. Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Act shall be punishable with a fine of five hundred rupees or more which may extend to five thousand rupees or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with both.
65. No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act, save on a complaint made by or under the authority of the Government.
66. No Court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
67. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may by notification in the 8Telangana Gazette, do anything not inconsistent with such provisions which appears to them to be expedient or necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty.
68. The Government may, from time to time, review the implementation of the provisions of this Act, in such manner, as they deem fit, and for this purpose they may constitute a Committee consisting of such persons as they consider necessary.