Section 4
Authorized officer may enter premises to make enquiries
of Employment Information Act 1953
The authorized officer shall have power to enter at any reasonable time any place or premises of employment in which one or more persons work or in which the authorized officer has reason to believe that one or more persons work:
Provided that the authorized officer shall, at the time of the entry, notify the employer of such persons, or, if the employer be absent, any person purporting to represent him, of his entry.
(2)
The authorized officer may put questions concerning—
(a)
the number of persons currently working in such place or premises and the age and sex of each such person;
(b)
the terms of the contract between each such person and his employer;
(c)
the hours required to be worked and actually worked by and the leave, holidays and rest periods allowed to each such person;
(d)
the nature of the work performed by each such person;
and
(e)
any other matter relating to the terms and conditions of service of such persons, to the employer of such persons, or to any person who may be in charge of such persons or to such persons, or to any other person whom he believes to possess any relevant information; and every person so questioned shall be legally bound to answer such questions truthfully to the best of his ability.
(3)
The authorized officer may require such employer to produce before him at the place of employment all or any of the persons currently working for him together with any written contracts or other documents relating to conditions of service of such persons and to answer such questions relating thereto as he may think proper to ask.