Section 27

The Commissioner or any authorised officer may, at any reasonable time and without previous notice, enter and inspect any employment agency or any premises reasonably suspected of being used for the purposes of an employment agency, and examine all records required to be maintained under 2692

section 24 and all books and other documents found on the premises1 which may appear to him to be the property of or to have been used for the purposes of an employment agency and remove them for further examination.

In the course of an inspection under this section, the Commissioner may-

{a) put questions concerning the business of the employment agency to the person in charge of such agency and to any other person whose evidence he may consider necessary, and all such persons shall be legally bound to answer such questions truthfully to the best of their ability;

{b) require the person in charge of the agency to produce to him all or any of the records required to be kept under this Order;

{c)

seize or take copies of any record produced to him under paragraph

{b);

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Any person may refuse to comply with any demand or order by an authorised officer acting or purporting to act under this Order if the officer refuses on demand to declare his identity or to produce his authority.

14)

Any person who obstructs or interferes with the Commissioner or any authorised officer in the exercise of any power or the performance of any duty conferred under this Order is guilty of an offence.

For the purpose of this section, the Commissioner and any authorised officer shall have the same power of investigation as a police officer under

Chapter XIII of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7).

Liability of licensee for act of servant.