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Powers of entry and inspection. 6.(1) For the purpose of ascertaining or verifying any matter arising in connection with the execution of the principal Act or of any order made thereunder or of this Act, any person authorised by the Ministry in that behalf may, at all reasonable times and on producing, if so required, a duly authenticated document showing his authority, (a)enter and inspect the premises, plant and machinery of a registered person or person seeking to be registered; (b)require any person in those premises who is for the time being in charge thereof or in control of the work carried on therein to produce to the person making the inspection, and to allow him to examine, such books of account, records and other documents and to furnish such other information as he may reasonably require for the aforesaid purpose; (c)take copies of and extracts from such books, records and other documents as are referred to in paragraph (b). (2) Any person who (a)wilfully obstructs any person exercising a right conferred by subsection (1); or (b)refuses to produce any books, records or other documents or to furnish any other information which he is required to produce or furnish under sub-section (1); (3) Any information which is obtained under the powers conferred by subsection (1) shall not, without the previous consent in writing of the person carrying on the undertaking to which the information relates, be disclosed except in connection with the execution of the principal Act or of any order made thereunder or of this Act or for the purposes of any proceedings pursuant thereto or any report of such proceedings. (4) Any person contravening the provisions of subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable (a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or to both such imprisonment and such fine; or (b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both such imprisonment and such fine.
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