Section 44
of Limited Liability Partnerships Order, 2010
Section 44
(1)
The Minister may authorise in writing or any public officer to be an inspector for the purposes of this Order.
(2)
The Registrar and any inspector shall, for the purposes of ascertaining whether the Order is being complied with, have power at all reasonable times to enter into any premises at which he has reason to believe any person is carrying on business and to make such examination and inquiry as may be necessary for those purposes.
(3)
The Registrar and every inspector when exercising any power under this Order shall declare his office and shall produce his authority in writing to any person affected by the exercise of that power.
(4)
Any person who fails to comply with any inquiry request made by the Registrar or an inspector or resists or obstructs the Registrar or an inspector in the performance of his duties under this Order is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
(5)
It shall not be an offence for any person to refuse to comply with any inquiry made by the Registrar or an inspector, or to resist or obstruct the Registrar or an inspector in the performance of any of his duties under this Order, if the Registrar or inspector fails to declare his office and to produce his authority in writing.
Power of Registrar to obtain further information.