Section 6C
of Supplemental Contributory Pensions Trust Act
Section 6C
(1)
For the purposes of obtaining full information for ascertaining whether any person is liable to pay contributions under this Act, the
Managing Director may, by notice in writing, require any person —
(a)
to furnish the Managing Director within a time specified in the notice not being less than 30 days from the date of such notice any information or particulars specified in the notice;
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(b)
to attend personally before the Managing Director or any person authorised in that behalf by the Managing Director and produce for examination all books, accounts, records and other documents which the Managing Director or authorised officer deems necessary; or
(c)
to furnish the information or particulars in accordance with paragraph (a) and also to attend in accordance with paragraph (b).
(2)
Where a person is found guilty of an offence under subsection (4)(a), the court before which the person is found guilty shall order such person to comply with the notice of the Managing Director under subsection (1) within 21 days from the date of the order of the court.
(3)
Whenever it appears to any court, upon written information on oath, and after any enquiry it may think necessary, that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there are on particular premises any book, account, record or other document the production of which has been required pursuant to subsection (1) and which has not been produced in compliance with that requirement, such court may issue a warrant authorising the
Managing Director or any person named therein with or without assistance —
(a)
to search the premises and to break open and search any cupboard, drawer, chest, trunk, box, package or other receptacle, whether a fixture or not, in the premises; and
(b)
to take possession of, or secure against interference, any book, account, record or other document that appears to be the book, account, record or other document the production of which was so required.
(4)
Any person who —
(a)
fails to comply with subsection (1); or
(b)
obstructs the Managing Director or any person named therein referred to in subsection (3), is guilty of an offence.
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