Section 4

The Commissioner or Health Officer may enter at all reasonable times upon any place of employment and into any house accommodation provided by an employer for workers, and put questions concerning the workers to the employer or to any person who may be in charge of them or to the workers themselves, and the employer or such person, or any such worker, shall be legally bound to answer such questions truly to the best of his ability.

If the Commissioner or Health Officer has reasonable ground for suspecting that any offence has been committed against a worker, and whenever any complaint of personal ill-usage or breach of any of the

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provisions of this Act is made to the Commissioner or Health Officer, the

Commissioner or Health Officer, as the case may be, may forthwith remove, or cause to be removed, such worker from the place of employment where he is employed for further inquiry into the matter.

The Commissioner or Health Officer may by order in writing require any employer to take within a reasonable time in the circumstances such steps as he considers necessary with a view to remedying defects observed in plant, layout, working methods, supervision medical or sanitary provision or other matters at any place or employment which he may have reasonable cause to believe constitute a threat to the health or safety of the workers.

Accidents to be notified.